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August 3, 2026
by Omar Tomlinson
Take Two! - Sheldon Shepherd and Storm Saulter on filming, friendship
For Sheldon Shepherd and Storm Saulter, an implicit trust guides their working dynamic as actor and director. Theirs is a decades-long artistic partnership that began with the filming of the latter’s…
August 2, 2026
P.J. Patterson | Garry Sobers – the greatest cricket has ever seen
At the age of 17, Garry Sobers was recruited to the Barbados team as a replacement for the medium pace bowler Frank King. It was as a left arm spin bowler, when Alfred Valenine was injured, that this…
August 2, 2026
Dennis A. Minott | The gospel according to the thirst trap
By any reasonable metric of post-colonial progress, Emancipation and Independence week in Jamaica should be a period of solemn reflection and patriotic fervour. Instead, as we wave the black, green,…
August 2, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Emancipate Jamaica from the British way
So, what else has been happening behind my back since I was missing in action presumed dead? Muddled, linear, non-emancipated thinking was rampant. One of the best examples was a Gleaner endorsed call…
August 2, 2026
Adekeye Adebajo | Garfield Sobers: A prophet with honour
Sir Garfield (Garry) Sobers who recently died in Bridgetown at the age of 89, was one of the world’s greatest cricketers. He played first-class cricket in Barbados, Australia, and England. Sobers…
August 2, 2026
Francis Wade | Your Strategy Failed. Culture Isn’t Why.
As a member of the C-suite, you want answers. Your team’s recent strategic plan was not implemented. Some blame company culture. Fortunately, AI has opened a path around that explanation. The problem…
August 2, 2026
Yaakov Raskin | Loving and fearing – What the fisherman knows about G-d
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt uttered these words, which is arguably the best-known political quote in American history.
August 2, 2026
Caribbean air travel capacity shrinking, only behind Middle East
The Caribbean recorded the second-largest decline in airline seat capacity in the world after the Middle East in July when compared with year-earlier levels, according to the OAG, a UK-based travel…
August 2, 2026
Sean Major Campbell | Celebrate with gratitude and hope
We again celebrate this wonderful season when we bring focus to Emancipation and Independence. The word ‘Emancipendence’ has crept into our vocabulary. Understandably so because of convenience.…