Commentary
08 Oct, 2026
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Basil Jarrett | When your crisis plan isn’t ready for AI
Most organisations like to believe that they have a crisis communication plan. Some even do. There is usually a binder somewhere, perhaps on a shelf in corporate affairs or human resources, containing…
08 Oct, 2026
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SSP Diaries | Our request to make amends
The journey to reparations for the barbaric act of slavery experienced by our forefathers at the hands of British colonists took on new meaning recently when the Jamaican delegation, led by Minister…
07 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | IDT still owes an explanation
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) occupies an important place in Jamaica’s labour-relations landscape. It enjoys the confidence of most stakeholders, especially workers, who regard it as an…
07 Oct, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Is food security further at risk in Jamaica?
Last week, this column looked at Jamaica’s declining goods exports which included agricultural products. This week, the food import bill and the costs of agricultural produce are cause for concern.…
07 Oct, 2026
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Desmond Robinson | Artificial intelligence vs supernatural intelligence
When Geoffrey Hinton, revered across the globe as a founding godfather of artificial intelligence, abruptly resigned from Google, he stepped into the light to sound a terrifying global alarm. AI, he…
06 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Collision of crowns
It is not known what constitutional advice King Charles sought, or received, before referring Jamaica’s request for an advisory opinion on whether slavery was ever legal under English law to the…
06 Oct, 2026
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Dean Jones | Homes up. Jobs where?
Jamaica is building a new north coast. Thousands of homes are rising across St Mary, St Ann, Trelawny, St James, Hanover and Westmoreland. Gated communities are spreading, apartment developments are…
06 Oct, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | The hidden toll of childhood sexual abuse
Last month, two news reports deeply disturbed me. The first was about the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The incident took place one morning when, after alighting from a taxi at the entrance to a housing…
06 Oct, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | The essence of identification
In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland beyond the stars where all politicians are friends and Oma D’unn solves political dilemmas by parable, Government’s slavery reparations strategy came under…