Commentary
18 Sep, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Policing bathroom use
The recent bathroom incident involving a Grade Five George Headley Primary School student gave many of us unpleasant flashbacks. It is certainly not an unfamiliar occurrence. The child’s father told…
17 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Fee waiver changes little
Were we cynical, The Gleaner might have interpreted the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council’s (JCPC) intervention to have the British government waive visa fees for overseas litigants not as a…
17 Sep, 2026
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Omar Morgan | Strengthening HIV response through community-led action
Jamaica has made significant strides in its response to HIV over the past two decades, but despite these gains, HIV remains a serious public health threat. According to the Ministry of Health and…
17 Sep, 2026
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SSP Diaries | Echoes of frustration
There are several behaviours in society today that most citizens are tired of complaining about, and in some cases, their frustrations are near or have reached boiling point. When people are sick and…
16 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Regulating AI
The renewed fears of a potentially apocalyptic future caused by artificial intelligence (AI), and calls for a slowdown in the advance of these technologies, again highlight the need for a full and…
16 Sep, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | Jamaica cannot build a first-class society with second-class schools
Every year, Jamaica renews its promise of progress. We speak about economic growth, celebrate infrastructure, discuss investment, tourism, technology and the possibilities of a more prosperous nation.…
16 Sep, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | Trump’s barrel-of-a-gun annexation of Venezuela’s oil and gas
“The United States appears to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” — Simón Bolívar The American military now controls over $100 billion of Venezuela’s oil…
16 Sep, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | The 18th BRICS Summit – still aiming to achieve their goals
The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi, India, September 12- 13 and was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The theme was ‘Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and…
16 Sep, 2026
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Wayne Campbell | Raising Hands and Voices: Fostering Agency and Ownership through Deliberative Democracy
“Each time we choose dialogue over division and cooperation over confrontation, we strengthen democracy.” - António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General. Democracy is a universally recognised…