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August 23, 2026
Yaneek Page | Small business subcontracting expands the economy
Every multimillion-dollar government contract is an opportunity to grow Jamaican businesses. So, when we award one that is nine figures, without requiring the winning vendor to bring small businesses…
August 23, 2026
Oran A. Hall | Your emotions and your money
You have a financial plan you believe is sound, but it has not delivered the results you expected and you cannot understand why. You could get the answer if you develop a better understanding of…
August 23, 2026
Horace Chang | Cocaine resurgence threatening hard-won gains
For many years, Jamaica has grappled with an unacceptably high homicide rate. In 2005, our murder rate peaked at 63 per 100,000, placing Jamaica among countries with the highest homicide rates in the…
August 23, 2026
Byron Blake | Appreciating the CCJ: History, nature, and protective shield
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is unique. It was birthed in an environment hostile to its existence. That, in large measure, explains its elephant-like gestation. The idea of a Caribbean Court…
August 23, 2026
Orville Taylor | Thank you, Franno
Unfortunately, during the funeral of Stephen ‘Franno’ Francis, I was in Shanghai on my way to Beijing, where, in 2008, Jamaican athletes painted the Bird’s Nest Stadium and the entire city in black,…
August 23, 2026
US stocks rise even as bond market applies more pressure
US stocks rose Friday and trimmed their losses from a shaky week. That was even though the bond market, which has been the centre of Wall Street’s action, remained jumpy and continued to add pressure.…
August 23, 2026
Garth Rattray | Please fine-tune traffic policing
It may appear as if I’m majoring in the minor stuff, but the way that some motorists are being prosecuted will lead to distrust of and animosity towards the police. It is noticeable that the police…
August 23, 2026
Stolen Picasso etching found by landlord in vacant apartment
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP): Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever. But then police called last week and asked him to look an artwork…
August 23, 2026
Corgis run, bark and sniff their way to glory at a growing int’l race
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP): It’s not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs. There’s a costume parade, the “smartest nose”, and – of…