Commentary
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…
27 Oct, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | No water commission
Over 50 years ago I experienced a seminal moment around Gene Autry’s domino table. It was after midnight. We were behind. I told Gene I was too tired to continue. Since he’d no intention of paying the…
27 Oct, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Revisiting Christopher Columbus
“You teach the youths about Christopher Columbus And you said he was a very great man” – Can’t Blame The Youth - Peter Tosh
26 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Watching the Cuba vote
As recommended by 11 former leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, the international community should, this week, for the 34th straight year, vote at the United Nations to pass the…
26 Oct, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Getting in our own way
I’m gratified but bemused whenever Minister Dana Morris Dixon or Dr Adrian Stokes tells us of the successes in implementing the Patterson report on education transformation. Gratified because there is…
26 Oct, 2026
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Akshai Mansingh | World cricket risks withering away
At a time when the global sports industry generates close to US$3 trillion annually, cricket risks undermining its own future through governance and financial policies that weaken competitiveness and…
25 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Gullies, housing and urban renewal
The Government’s plan to relocate people who live on the edges of the capital’s network of gullies is a good idea. It, however, ought not to be separated from a broader, structured programme to…
25 Oct, 2026
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Aubrey Stewart and Keenan Falconer | The cost of running the State: Can the economy sustain it?
The proverbial nine-day wonder seems to be changing, and the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) may well be the catalyst for the next five years when it comes to issues that…
25 Oct, 2026
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Byron Blake | One year on: Hurricane Melissa and the Black River business community
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica just outside of Black River on October 28, 2025. The 195-mile-per-hour winds tore through everything in their path while tsunami-like waves washed…