Commentary
25 Oct, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Can Jamaica pattern Singapore?
I am very concerned about our little island and very worried about our future. It is extremely distressing to see the antecedents of societal decline slowly appear, become established, grow, and…
25 Oct, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Support and endorsement are not the same
No one in his right mind supports criminality over law enforcement. Actually, let me take that back. Indeed, there are persons who think they are in their right minds who directly and indirectly…
24 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | New class of disasters
In an echo of the early Cold War days when people in the West stocked home bunkers in case of nuclear war, Britain this week advised its citizens to store at least three days of food, water and cash…
24 Oct, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Nowhere in the world like Barbados
(Thanks, and support from Ms Roxanne Gibbs, managing director at Media Support International. Much appreciated.) As we head to Barbados after a long time away, especially my wife with our “Bajan”…
24 Oct, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | Are we all Ukrainians?
On October 19, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern…
23 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Climate accountability
While Jamaica, like most small island developing states, hasn’t contributed much to the carbon emissions that cause global warming, Kingston’s promise to pass climate accountability legislation is a…
23 Oct, 2026
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Peter Espeut | What we have, and what we’ve lost
As we are in National Heritage Week, my mind naturally turns to those more Jamaican than myself, those who lived on this island before even the Taínos took up residence around 650 AD. Once Jamaica…
23 Oct, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Policing: no walk through the meadows
By now, many of us have seen the viral 18-minute video of the recent armed conflict between the police and occupiers of a house off the Sligoville main road. The police had reportedly traced a…
22 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Canada after Alberta
This week’s emphatic declaration by Albertans that they want to remain in Canada was a good outcome for Prime Minister Mark Carney as he attempts to reframe Canada as a trustworthy partner that…