Commentary
07 Aug, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Independence from waterlessness
Every August 6, we celebrate the courage of those who imagined a nation capable of governing itself, determining its own future, and charting a path distinct from colonial rule. We honour our…
06 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | Demographics and schools
According to Dr Dana Morris Dixon, Jamaica’s education minister, she has not yet taken a decision on the future of Mulgrave Primary School in the southwestern parish of St Elizabeth. That might…
06 Aug, 2026
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Basil Jarrett | Want more babies? Make better boys
There is something mildly quixotic about a Third-World country suddenly raising an SOS for its women to start having more babies. It’s almost Orwellian, this call from Health and Wellness Minister Dr…
06 Aug, 2026
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SSP Diaries | Red card for Giovanni Infantino
Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino, a Swiss football administrator, served as Secretary General of UEFA, European football’s governing body, from 2009 to 2016. He became FIFA’s ninth president in 2016,…
05 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | The value of Mahama’s idea
The value of Ghanaian President John Mahama’s proposal for the integration of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) into the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) lies not in its immediate economic…
05 Aug, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Emancipendence and strengthening relations with African countries
By a coincidence of dates, Emancipation Day, August 1, and Independence Day, August 6, are in the first week of August here in Jamaica. It allows for an informal linkage of this holiday season now…
05 Aug, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | The CIA and Jamaica’s vote-buying ‘bag a money’ politricks!’
Jamaica’s political culture of vote-buying and vote-selling did not emerge overnight. While patronage politics has long been part of the island’s political tradition, the commercialisation of ‘bag a…
04 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | Prioritise corruption matters
Justice David Batts’ injunction on Friday barring the Integrity Commission (IC) from laying corruption-related charges against government minister Andrew Wheatley until the resolution of Dr Wheatley’s…
04 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Creativity is relevance
In the midst of Jamaica’s 64th independence celebrations my distress is that the iconic Festival Song contest has become a snooze fest. It began in 1966 as Edward Seaga’s brainchild. He wanted a…