Commentary
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…
13 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Ideas for NIS campaign
The planned study by the island’s pension industry on how prepared Jamaicans are to face retirement will probably produce plenty of data of value to policymakers, even if most people feel they know,…
13 Oct, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | The delusion of inclusion
Inclusion has become a safe word. It rolls off many tongues like butter, but melts in the sun. Disability rights are now more frequently spoken about, diagnostic services are expanding, and the public…