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People walk out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins to speak during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday.
October 11, 2026

Peta Gay Ferguson | When principle comes at a price

There was a time when Jamaica understood that being small did not mean we had to speak small. We emerged into independence without great military or economic power, but with our voice, our history, and an understanding that might does not make right.

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Sandals overwater villas.
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Delano Seiveright | Government cannot supply your ambition

I recently addressed students at The University of the West Indies’ inaugural International Undergraduate Student Leadership Conference and Entrepreneurship Exhibition, organised under the leadership…
A dungeon at Cape Coast Castle, a “slave castle” used in the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, is seen in Cape Coast, Ghana.
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Huon Wardle | ‘It’s complicated’ can be the start of a richer conversation

The phrase ‘it’s complicated’ is often used to end difficult conversations. But when it comes to understanding the afterlives of slavery and trying to capture attention to the international…
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Dennis A. Minott | How silence dependably fortifies daily evil

One silence listens, another grieves, and another protects a frightened person from retaliation. None of these deserves our contempt. Yet there is also wicked silence: the calculated see-no-evil,…
Representational image of a father and son
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Mark Wignall | I remember the times

There are times when my father sits down in my memory and refuses to budge, way beyond June 21. In fact, it is mainly because of his love for his children. I don’t ever recall crying for my two boys,…
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Gordon Robinson | Propaganda in pictures

With apologies to the late, great Charlie Hyatt, when I was a bwoy, movies were exciting events. Going to the movies, especially drive-in movies, was like a road trip and hotel stay all in one. I…
Defence lawyers across Jamaica withdrawing their services from the country’s criminal courts, escalating their dispute with the Government over mandatory minimum sentences under the Firearms Act.
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Gordon Robinson | Lawyers not lawyerin’

So, some criminal defence lawyers took to the street to protest mandatory minimum sentences in the Firearms Act. When Government didn’t budge, they went on strike, withdrawing their services on Monday…
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Jalil Dabdoub | What we carried with us

I am frequently asked why Palestine occupies much of my writing. The answer is simple: because behind the headlines and injustices are human lives, exactly like those of the women who raised me. I…
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Aubrey Stewart | The Firearms Act: What should be kept, and what should be fixed?

For almost four years, Jamaica has lived with one of the toughest firearm laws in its history. Now, members of the legal profession, led by the Jamaica Bar Association (JAMBAR) and the Advocates’…
Students pay homage to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti observed on October 2 during their visit to the Gandhi Ashram, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
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Mayank Joshi | Celebrating peace, tolerance, and the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi

The International Day of Non-Violence, celebrated annually on October 2, marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a global beacon of peace and non-violence. This day, proclaimed by the United…