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Jamaica's Oblique Seville (left) and Kishane Thompson celebrate their one-two finish in the men's 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
25 Sep, 2025 0

Editorial | PSOJ’s sports policy

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) proposal for public-private partnerships for building new facilities to help advance the island’s prowess in global athletics deserves full and…
Israelis wave national flags during a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
25 Sep, 2025 0

Peter Espeut | Christian fundamentalism and Zionism

The area called Canaan is an ancient territory encompassing all of today’s Palestine and Syria west of the Jordan River. Because of its strategic location between Europe, Asia, and Africa, over…
Enio Kaso, head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency Licensing, shows the AI ‘minister’ Diella, whose name means ‘sun’ in Albanian, during a conference call in Tirana.
25 Sep, 2025 0

Kristen Gyles | AI makes it as a minister

A few days ago, the world reached a historic milestone – its first-ever AI cabinet minister. The Prime Minister of Albania introduced to the Albanian parliament, a female avatar dressed in traditional…
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24 Sep, 2025 0

Editorial | Errald Miller’s gift

If you don’t, or no longer, have an ethical obligation to allow public scrutiny of your private affairs, then being open about the state of your health is a sensitive, and likely difficult, decision. …
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24 Sep, 2025 0

Basil Jarrett | Nagging nurturers: The role of women in our survival

LAST WEEK, I wrote about the perils of ignoring prostate health, and, in the days since, I’ve been stopped everywhere, from supermarket aisles to my favourite patty shop, by women, yes, women, who…
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24 Sep, 2025 0

John Junor | Get the record straight on P.J. Patterson’s legacy

WESLEY MORRIS’ September 7 article on former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson’s tenure reads less like serious political analysis. His surgical cherry-picking of the 1992-1995 period is a masterclass in…
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23 Sep, 2025 0

Editorial | Whither the drainage plan?

The flooding and traffic gridlock caused by the thunderstorm over the capital on Friday starkly reminded us of the drainage problem faced by Jamaica’s cities and towns, and raised questions about the…
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23 Sep, 2025 0

Elizabeth Morgan | 80th UN General Assembly: an unpredictable high-level week

THE 80TH session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) commenced on September 9. This should be a session commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945 with…
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23 Sep, 2025 0

Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Promises without timelines: Jamaica’s environmental future needs accountability

IN THE lead-up to the recent general elections, both political parties made promises about how they would manage and protect Jamaica’s natural environment. With the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) new…