Commentary
11 Aug, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Defending politicians, dividing ourselves
One of the ugliest and most intellectually bankrupt phenomena on display in Jamaica, particularly on social media, is political tribalism. Some of us are needlessly caustic towards fellow citizens,…
11 Aug, 2026
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Wayne Campbell | Honouring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-Being
“Indigenous Peoples around the world continue to face overwhelming marginalisation, discrimination and exclusion. Rooted in colonialism and patriarchy, these profound disparities are sustained by a…
10 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | National Partnership Council on life support?
Audrey Marks is a minister in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with responsibility for efficiency, innovation and digital transformation. In that role, Ms Marks’ mandate includes overseeing the…
10 Aug, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Bruce Golding gets it
Bruce Golding is brave enough and sufficiently disentangled from the love bush of tribalism to say so. Jamaica begins its 65th year of formal independence more constrained by geopolitics than ever…
10 Aug, 2026
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Neil Richards | New parliament building may be ideal at Caymanas
There are good reasons to re-assess and perhaps retract the decision to construct a new parliament building within the confines of National Heroes Park. Troubling predictions, related mainly to…
10 Aug, 2026
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Allen Gil | Is the world’s food system ready for a super El Niño?
A strong El Niño could make growing food harder in many parts of the world this year. This natural climate pattern brings warmer surface waters to the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which…
10 Aug, 2026
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Nicolás Perrone | Hyperglobalisation 2.0: Why AI has not slowed the world down
We are often told that the age of hyperglobalisation is over. Trade wars, industrial policy, national-security restrictions, export controls, and geopolitical rivalry all seem to point towards a more…
10 Aug, 2026
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Francesca Tavares | Cheers to ‘Miss Chin’
My favourite Jamaican food will always be made by a ‘Miss Chin’. Every Jamaican knows what I mean: the catering shop, the glass case, the alchemy no hotel buffet and no ring-lit food blogger has ever…
10 Aug, 2026
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Jamaica at 64: Are we becoming a republic or just talking about it?
Sixty-four years after the Union Jack came down at the National Stadium, Jamaica is still asking a question that ought, by now, to have a reasonably clear answer. Are we going to become a republic or…