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Updated 6 hours ago

Editorial | No STEM without English

Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology (UTech), is right about the failures of Jamaica’s education system, especially its inability to graduate students proficient in mathematics and science.
He is, however, wrong to describe this as an “emerging crisis”. The crisis has long been here.

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Updated 6 hours ago

Basil Jarrett | China will win the AI race. And it’s not for the reason you think
If you’ve been paying attention to developments in geopolitics over the last couple of weeks or perhaps months, you would have no doubt seen the rising tensions between the United States and China, as…
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Updated 17 hours ago

Andrew Parsons | Dr ChatGPT now remarkably good at making diagnosis…but doctors still better at treatment decisions
A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her morning walks and feeling more fatigued than…
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Paul Golding | Pope’s AI warning: Who controls the future of humanity?
Pope Leo’XIV, on Monday, May 25, published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (‘Magnificent Humanity’). The Pope argued that “A.I. can be a valuable tool”; however, the technology “tends to…
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June 3, 2026

Editorial | Exercise for the elderly
The exercise and recreation initiative for older people, launched last week by Jamaica’s health ministry, is a good idea, of which the people for whom it is  meant need further and better…
June 3, 2026

Kerry Weatherly | A pinch too far: Why Jamaicans need to cut back on salt
Salt has been used for centuries for its curative properties and as seasoning. Today, salt continues to be widely used as a preservative, to improve the flavour of food, in intravenous fluids for the…
June 3, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Another Caribbean tragedy in the making?
All the countries in the wider Caribbean region have had their political, economic, social, and environmental problems. For years, the country which preoccupied the region most has been Haiti. How can…
June 2, 2026

Carvell McLeary | The invisible force shaping workplaces
Imagine planting peas and expecting rice to grow. This may sound crazy? But many organisations in Jamaica are operating like this! They hope for teamwork, innovation, honesty, and productivity, while…
Updated 23 hours ago

Michael Abrahams | Trying to make sense out of nonsense
Make it make sense. A real-time audit conducted by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis, published on May 12, revealed that up to April 2, over five months after Hurricane Melissa, the Office of…
Updated 23 hours ago

Editorial | Supporting oversight 
Bruce Golding cannot be accused of being opposed to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, negative towards his administration or hostile to the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Indeed, but for a…