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01 Oct, 2026
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Beyond lip service on childhood cancer
THE EDITOR, Madam: By the time this letter reaches you, September, ‘Children’s Cancer Awareness Month’, will have passed. This letter is as much an attempt to prolong childhood cancer awareness as it…
01 Oct, 2026
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The Shanghai breakthrough: Why TVET and STEM are Jamaica’s true engines of economic growth
THE EDITOR, Madam: When news reached Jamaica last month that Brandon Brown had won a historic gold medal in optoelectronic technology at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, the nation felt…
01 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | The PNP and the coming AI divide
THE EDITOR, Madam: I have a word of advice for the People’s National Party: artificial intelligence should become one of the major intellectual questions the party begins addressing now. Not simply…
01 Oct, 2026
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Cuba’s cherished ballet tradition endures through blackouts, shortages
For months, two-thirds of Cuba had no electricity at night. Some neighbourhoods in the capital of Havana have been without running water for more than two weeks. Transportation is scarce, and eggs,…
01 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Don’t waste the crisis, CWI!
Chris Dehring’s recent marketing jargon-infused video report on the financial crisis facing West Indies cricket and what Cricket West Indies (CWI) is doing about it had three profound flaws. First, as…
01 Oct, 2026
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Chelan Smith | The opposition is paying attention … someone else isn’t
In an article in August - “Back to Square One” - Peter Espeut asked whether the People’s National Party was bothered by the Government’s abandonment of procurement guidelines or whether it was “just…
01 Oct, 2026
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Peter Champagnie | Justice demands a review of the Firearms Act
The disagreement over aspects of the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act, 2022, which recently resulted in members of the Jamaican Bar Association and the Advocates Association…
01 Oct, 2026
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Earth Today | Small islands welcome UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise
SMALL ISLAND developing states appear to have released a collective breath, following the adoption of the first United Nations Declaration on Sea Level Rise, which recognises sea level rise as a real…
01 Oct, 2026
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Earth Today | New UN declaration opens the way for action on rising seas
THE UNITED Nations Declaration on Sea Level Rise, adopted last Thursday, reflects a call to action for countries to solve the sea level rise challenge associated with a changing climate. It is a…