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July 3, 2026

Editorial | Single market in energy
Although the terms of last week’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation between Guyana and Jamaica haven’t been disclosed, the development is likely to put back on the agenda the…
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July 1, 2026

Mark Berman | Sixty years and counting: Why Canada and Jamaica still choose each other
Every July, Canadians pause to ask a quiet question – not the grand patriotic kind, but the honest kind. How are we doing? Not just as a country, but as a people, as a partner, as a presence in the…
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July 1, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Marking the 250th anniversary of US Independence
CARICOM-US relations: A chequered trade history BRITISH COLONIES AND INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC Besides the United Kingdom (UK/Britain) and Canada, the United States of America (USA) is the oldest…
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July 2, 2026

Editorial | Ascot revisited
Even as principal Mark Jackson and his teachers at Ascot Primary School are rightly criticised for lacking emotional intelligence, their crude, two-tiered ‘graduation’ ceremony, based on performance…
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June 30, 2026

Philip Patterson | The illusion of excellence
University rankings have become powerful symbols of academic success. When a university announces that it ranks among the top few percent of institutions worldwide, the claim naturally inspires…
July 1, 2026

Michael Abrahams | The case of the non-deportee deportees
The Gleaner headline on June 16 stunned many Jamaicans: "Deportee Deal – Jamaica offers to accept non-nationals booted from US." The story, based on a United States Embassy document,…
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July 1, 2026

Editorial | Again, graduating from what?
After the crass, tone-deaf and emotionally inept action by the leadership of Ascot Primary School, the education ministry flubbed an opportunity to put to an end the ridiculous, and often expensive,…
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June 29, 2026

Editorial | Warnings from Venezuela
Last week’s earthquake in Venezuela, which may have killed tens of thousands of people, is a horrific reminder of the dangers when you live atop, or near, tectonic fault lines that tend to jostle each…
June 29, 2026

Christopher Burgess | No more rickety-tickety repairs to schools
Resilience is more than cash-based repairs. It is the ability of schools, hospitals, hotels, and communities to survive, recover quickly, and continue functioning after a disaster, thereby…