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21 Apr, 2026
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Medical laboratory professionals take spotlight this week
This week marks Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, a celebration of the vital contributions of medical technologists and laboratory scientists across Jamaica and around the world. These…
21 Apr, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Empathy for the Jews
In observance of Human Rights Week, I was invited to address a church congregation on the first Sunday of December 2023 about current human rights issues. The war in Gaza had erupted two months…
21 Apr, 2026
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‘Dutch disease’ could be in Jamaica’s future
THE EDITOR, Madam: Clifford James is entirely deserving of April 18, Saturday Gleaner Letter of the Day. His intervention on Jamaica’s prospective oil windfall is not merely timely; it is necessary…
21 Apr, 2026
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Editorial | NaRRA needs further review
The Gleaner remains concerned about the continued absence of a robust and independent legislated governance framework for the agency that will oversee Jamaica’s post-hurricane reconstruction. The…
21 Apr, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | Jamaica positioned as regional model for agro-industry, technology transfer
Jamaica is being positioned as a regional model for agro-industrial development and technology transfer, through a partnership between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)…
21 Apr, 2026
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Immigration Corner | I overstayed. Can I get a student visa?
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, Can a person who overstayed in the US then return to Jamaica, reapply to a US college for their GED? Does that person stand any chance of obtaining a student visa? M.C. …
21 Apr, 2026
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Immigration Corner | New Canadian asylum rules
Dear Miss Powell, I hear there are new immigration and asylum rules in Canada. Can you please help me understand? I am in Canada as a visitor and plan to apply for asylum to stay, and I am wondering…
21 Apr, 2026
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If Jamaica has oil, it should be tapped
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie’s article in The Sunday Gleaner of April 19. While Jamaica’s long-term objective may be to abolish the use of fossil fuel,…
21 Apr, 2026
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Letter of the Day | The real question is not oil, but ourselves
THE EDITOR, Madam: Dr Damien King has stirred an important national conversation in urging Jamaica to “leave oil alone”. His warning about the so-called resource curse is not without merit. History…