Commentary
16 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Extend water-party ban
Given the drought Jamaica has faced, bouts of showers in recent days, associated with a trough in the central Caribbean, are a welcome development. It, however, doesn’t mean that the island is out of…
16 Oct, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | While Hurricane Melissa victims wait
Imagine there’s a large 10-storey building down the road that has caught fire. The building has people in it. The building has very expensive equipment in it. The building has furniture in it. The…
16 Oct, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Slavery and chattel slavery
I recommend that you watch the video recording of a seminar by John Shorter, held Thursday (October 8) by the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank titled ‘Asante Goldweights and…
15 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | The politics of an execution
America’s planned livestreaming of the firing-squad execution of Muslim-American former Army officer Nidal Hasan in December seems, in the context of a liberal democracy in the 21st century, a…
15 Oct, 2026
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Dalila Gonçalves/Nahuel Arenas | Investing in resilient infrastructure:
It takes less than two minutes to lose a home – and with it, a lifetime of hard work and savings. Viviana Gil knows this firsthand. On August 10, a 7.4 earthquake in Colombia destroyed the apartment…
15 Oct, 2026
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Dwayne Vernon | NaRRA: Hubris on the waterfront
The ancient Greeks had a word for the moment a powerful man starts believing his own press releases: hubris. They also had a word for what comes next: nemesis. Between the two lies a long history of…
14 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Who has it in for the CCJ?
Were this newspaper given to conspiracy theories, it might believe that there is a deliberate attempt to undermine and collapse the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) from within. Either that, or some…
14 Oct, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Major upcoming events – The Commonwealth Heads and the US mid-term elections
Amid continuing concerns about economic issues and water woes, there are two important events approaching at the end of October into the first week of November. These are the 28th Commonwealth Heads…
14 Oct, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | Jamaica’s NHT: Black pride to government ‘piggy bank’
“Where there is no vision, the people perish!” That biblical warning echoes the philosophy of our National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Today, it stands as a haunting indictment of…