Commentary
30 Oct, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Life has lost its simplicity
We invented so many devices and created so many systems to “save time” and yet, somehow, we are still always so busy. For many of us, our grandparents and great-grandparents never seemed so consumed…
29 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Whose power? Cabinet or NSC?
Section 69 (1) of Jamaica’s Constitution establishes a Cabinet and gives the prime minister the power to name its members. The following subsection gives the Cabinet responsibility for “ the general…
29 Oct, 2026
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Basil Jarrett | Cyber resilience : Why the next banking war will be fought over trust
For some time now, October has been recognised internationally as World Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a global effort to encourage people, companies and governments to take online security seriously.…
29 Oct, 2026
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SSP Diaries | Monarchies and relevance
The existence of monarchies seems more prevalent in Africa and Europe today. They are the subject of many questions pertaining to their relevance to society and the support received from the public…
28 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Fixing NWC
No one, least of all the National Water Commission (NWC) and the Government, should have been surprised by the consumer and political outrage spawned by the NWC’s request for a 51 per cent increase in…
28 Oct, 2026
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Janiel McEwan | The cost of running Jamaica: when fiscal discipline must become a way of governing
Standfirst: The Government’s October spending restrictions are a necessary signal, but a signal is not a system. Jamaica cannot keep discovering fiscal discipline in the middle of a crisis. It must…
28 Oct, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | King Charles III’s Caribbean visit, as seen from regional and British media reporting
King Charles III will be paying an official visit to the Caribbean from Tuesday, October 27 to Wednesday, November 4. He will be visiting the Bahamas from October 27-29 as head of state; Guyana from…
28 Oct, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | US elections: The Caribbean diaspora must rally behind Angie Nixon!
“I don’t like to see people struggling the way I struggled.” – Angie Nixon The upcoming 2026 US Senate special election in Florida is not just an American political contest; it is a critical…
27 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Why Lula’s victory matters
Hopefully, Flavio Bolsonaro and his supporters won’t act on any instinct to put Brazil through a period of political convulsion after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva retained power in Sunday’s…