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May 8, 2026
by Sashana Small
VIRAL CRIME - Conservationists call for crackdown on TikTok’s illegal trade in endangered species
Concerns are growing over the use of social media platform TikTok as a marketplace for the sale of endangered Jamaican species, with conservation biologist Damion Whyte urging the authorities to make…
May 8, 2026
Protecting a free press is essential to Caribbean democracy
The Gleaner’s editorial on democracy and a free press raises an issue that deserves urgent attention. The decline of traditional media in the region is a democratic crisis unfolding quietly in front…
May 8, 2026
Letter of the Day | Rise of ‘instant’ prophets and academic claims is concerning
I am writing to express profound apprehension regarding the rapid proliferation of self-proclaimed prophets and prophetesses across Jamaica, a phenomenon accelerated by the unchecked nature of social…
May 8, 2026
A local final appellate court?
The recent public lament of the chief justice and the president of the Court of Appeal concerning the woeful state of Jamaica's courthouses ought not simply to be ignored by the government.
May 8, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Deepfakes can’t be left unregulated
The explosion in the creation of deepfakes has left us in the middle of an information war. No longer can we safely consume audiovisual content without questioning whether we are watching something…
May 8, 2026
Peter Espeut | Lip service to sustainable development
For the last 40 years or so, every political party in Jamaica includes “environmental sustainability” or “sustainable development” in its public pre-election propaganda. The manifesto of the Jamaica…
May 9, 2026
Editorial | Choosing the football coach
As was widely anticipated, Rudolph Speid has been named to continue as Jamaica’s interim national football coach for the four-team, Unity Cup, to be held in England this month.
May 8, 2026
West Indies Women’s cricket celebrates 50 years since the historic first match
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has officially marked the 50th anniversary of a watershed moment in regional sports history following the first international match played by the West Indies Women’s cricket…
May 8, 2026
by Ainsley Walters
Dream Catcher to outstay rivals in Sunday’s Portmore
LAST month’s Thornbird Stakes exposed the favourites’ stamina limitations past six and a half furlongs, TAYLOR MADE, ANOTHER WOW, and VICTORIOUS LINKS going at each other, before DREAM CATCHER mowed…