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Editorial | Francis’ relevance beyond athletics

Stephen Francis, the Jamaican athletics coach, fully deserves all the domestic and international tributes that have been paid to him since his death on Saturday at age 64.
For Mr Francis’ genius was unquestioned as demonstrated by his role in shaping recent generations of great Jamaican athletes – from Asafa Powell to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and many others in between.

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Lance Neita | Lest We Forget Marcus Garvey
The month of June passed without much, if any, homage being paid to our first National Hero, Marcus Garvey. The month is significant because Garvey died on June 10, 1940, and suitable acknowledgment…
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SSP Diaries | A dark side to sports and politics
The 2026 World Cup has not yet finished, but its first round has concluded. On Friday last, Spain sent their opponents crashing out of the event with a 1–0 victory over Uruguay, one of the few nations…
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July 8, 2026

Editorial | A red card for Infantino
For subscribers to that kind of cosmic philosophy, Belgium’s 4-1 thrashing of the United States on Monday night in their round-of-16 clash at the FIFA World Cup may have seemed like expected karma. …
July 8, 2026

Norris R. McDonald | ‘Dead money’ or prosperity? - Put Jamaica’s wealth to work
In 1995, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson ended Jamaica’s long relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), setting the country on a more independent economic path. It was a historic…
July 8, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | The US Constitution’s ideals and US reality
On Saturday, July 4, 2026 the USA celebrated its 250th anniversary of independence. There was at least one article in this newspaper reflecting on the ideals of the US Constitution and the example…
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July 7, 2026

Editorial | AI policy for schools
The finding by researchers at the University of Technology (UTech) that practically all of Jamaica’s tertiary and secondary students use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in their studies…
July 7, 2026

Tiou Clarke | Who audits the AI algorithm?
A quiet crisis of accountability is unfolding across corporate landscapes as companies outsource core business logic to automation. Algorithms now vet resumes, process credit lines, and interface with…
July 7, 2026

Michael Abrahams | Nuff respect, Cape Verde
Did you know about Cape Verde before this year’s FIFA World Cup? If you did not, you are in the majority. Now, thanks to the extraordinary run of the nation’s football team, the Blue Sharks, at the…
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July 6, 2026

Editorial | Nonsense graduations
Apart from a whinge over the schools’ alleged exploitative pricing of the affairs, a more substantive contribution by Stewart Jacobs and his National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ)…