Commentary
05 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Listening to deaf citizens
September, observed as Deaf Awareness Month, offers Jamaica an opportunity to examine how well the country is serving its deaf citizens. Deaf Jamaicans may have the legal right to education,…
05 Sep, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink
Last week, having chosen the great Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name ‘Mark Twain’, an American writer, humourist and essayist, people liked it so much that I was asked to continue with a…
05 Sep, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | The world has broken the 1.5°C promise
The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it…
04 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | It’s batting, stupid!
It is a bit of news that perhaps is yet to be absorbed by regional cricket fans: the West Indies will have to scrap with the minnows, the second- and third-tier teams of international cricket, hoping…
04 Sep, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Remembering the Kendal crash
September 1 was the 69th anniversary of Jamaica’s worst transportation disaster: the derailment of a passenger train near Kendal in Manchester, during which no less than 187 persons died and more than…
04 Sep, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | Chasing the child’s first word
There is a new gold rush in Jamaica, a new frontier for parents where no matter the cost, it is a sacrifice many will make. It has contributed to domestic and international migration. Desperate…
03 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Message to UEFA
Given the crisis of confidence and disrepute into which Gianni Infantino has plunged FIFA, the Dutch football federation’s call for a global summit to reimagine the organisation seems a good idea.…
03 Sep, 2026
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Amina Taylor | Canada goes toe-to-toe with Trump and he renames a lake!
The Canadian trade delegation did the political equivalent of looking their American counterparts in the eye and saying ‘we can go band for band - eff that - we can go Ms for Ms’. Trade negotiations…
03 Sep, 2026
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SSP Diaries | Time to eradicate squatting
Squatting is a nightmare in most developing countries, with very few authorities willing to make the unpleasant decisions needed to address this social issue. Jamaica is no different. In my humble…