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May 20, 2026
Culture, language and the Constitution
THE EDITOR, Madam:
In recent weeks, the Opposition MP from South St James sparked a linguistic controversy in Parliament by attempting to deliver her speech in Patois. Since then, responses have…
May 20, 2026
Letter of the Day | Accountability in education cannot be optional
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The recently released CAPRI and UNICEF report, Room for Improvement: The Gap Between Public Spending and Child Outcomes in Jamaica, confirms what many Jamaicans have long feared:…
May 20, 2026
Editorial | Parliament dilutes its power
For the avoidance of doubt, this newspaper asked Jamaica’s Parliament to clarify the circumstances in which it would feel obliged to prevent, within its chambers, the airing of — or take action on — a…
May 20, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | President Trump’s China visit – Any significance for this hemisphere?
US President Donald Trump paid a state visit to the People’s Republic of China, meeting with President Xi Jinping from May 13 to 15 in Beijing. This was the first presidential visit to China since…
May 20, 2026
Lance Neita | Football, anyone?
In spite of the predictions of a global boycott, the fears of US entry restrictions, the quixotic flamboyance of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and the disappointment of Jamaica’s absence from the…
May 20, 2026
A new Swatch model is introduced, and a case study in overexcited ‘drop culture’ plays out
In Paris, police deployed tear gas. In Milan, Italy, a fistfight erupted. In London, Singapore and New York, all-night queues snaked from the doors of Swatch stores — the latest examples of…
May 20, 2026
Summer travellers who relied on Spirit Airlines may struggle to find budget alternatives
Days after Spirit Airlines shut down in the middle of the night, a lawyer for the defunct budget carrier stood before a bankruptcy judge and apologised to the price-conscious customers who might…
May 20, 2026
BOJ says cost estimate for new business centre premature
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it is too early to put a price tag on its planned business centre at Hillcrest Avenue, as the professional designs needed to scope the project have not yet been…
May 20, 2026
Woodcats posts lower quarterly profit after hurricane-hit demand dips
Woodcats International Ltd posted a 13.7 per cent decline in profit before tax for the three months ended March, marking the wood products manufacturer's first earnings report since listing on…