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August 21, 2026
Editorial | If CTEC is to work ...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has declared the pilot of its modular exam and certification in mathematics an unqualified success. So, it is now full speed ahead for the unrestricted…
August 21, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Money can’t buy motherhood
While women across the globe were having an average of five children in 1960, they are now having an average of two. This is a global phenomenon and not simply a local one. This is important to…
August 21, 2026
Peter Espeut | Happy birthday, Marcus Garvey!
Last Monday – August 17 – was the birthday of Jamaica’s first declared National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), a truly great Jamaican. He had his flaws (as do all of us) but the cause he…
August 21, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Jamaica deserves a better Opposition
August 21, 2026
Letter of the Day | Scrutinise the Opposition, but keep power in view
THE EDITOR, Madam: Michael Abrahams is right that Jamaica needs an effective Opposition. But his argument risks setting an impossible standard: that an Opposition must answer publicly for every…
August 21, 2026
Digicel set to roll out AI agent Ruby across Caribbean after Jamaica debut
Telecom provider Digicel Group revealed that Ruby, its artificial intelligence (AI)- powered assistant, now successfully resolves more than half of the queries routed through it in Jamaica without…
August 21, 2026
Now, give me money, that’s what I want
THE EDITOR, Madam:
August 22, 2026
by Yasmine Peru
Miss Ja Festival Queen Christina Williams talks goals, coronation and Portland
On August 1, attorney, development advisor and head of information privacy at the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, Christina Williams, was crowned Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2026. Firmly rooted in…
August 21, 2026
Seprod profit rises 16%, group trims debt
Seprod Limited reported net profit of $688 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, a 16 per cent increase over the year-earlier levels, as disciplined expense management compensated for a…