Commentary
10 Jun, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | Afro-Caribbean Culture, Garvey’s Vision and the fight for self-determination
The Government of Jamaica’s recent Green Paper on Culture, Entertainment and the Creative Economy is a positive, welcome, and necessary contribution to the national conversation about identity,…
09 Jun, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | Emergence of a new qualification plan
Jamaica may be experiencing a cultural shift that is transforming how learners engage with curriculum and pedagogy. Young people are quietly being taught that influence is more valuable than…
09 Jun, 2026
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World Cup football in challenging times – Impacted by host country policies
Another FIFA World Cup competition is here. This is usually highly anticipated worldwide, and there is friendly rivalry among countries.  Believe it that international meetings can be interrupted to…
09 Jun, 2026
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Maria Myers-Hamilton | Urgent case for road safety in Jamaica
Road traffic crashes remain one of Jamaica’s most persistent and preventable crises. Every year, families bury loved ones who left home and never returned - not because of violence or illness but…
09 Jun, 2026
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Allan Bernard | When ‘milk’ no longer means milk
Recently, social media has been flooded with debate over allegations that some restaurants and international meat suppliers have been substituting kangaroo tail for the far more expensive beef oxtail.…
09 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Revive impeachment debate
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s reminder that the impeachment bill he first tabled a decade and a half ago remains in legislative limbo and deserves a response from Prime Minister Andrew Holness…
09 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Chris Brown’s interventionÂ
Christopher Brown, the Opposition’s spokesman on science and technology, made compelling observations about the disengagement of Jamaicans from the political process and why legislators should be…
07 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Agriculture: resurrecting the missionÂ
When Agriculture Minister Floyd Green announced, during his sectoral budget presentation, that the Government, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), had drafted a new 10-year…
07 Jun, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Managed decline
Robert is a member in the downtown church where I serve. His quality of life is being progressively diminished by cataracts. He has already had to give up his job as a driver. If untreated, blindness…