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July 19, 2026

Garth Rattray | How now, sea cow – Part One
Canaries were used in coal mines as early warning systems to detect toxic gases, especially the colourless and odourless, but extremely lethal, gas carbon monoxide. Because they breathe a lot faster…
July 19, 2026

Orville Taylor | WC, ICC and IC

Until the majority of a population has a belief that an overarching structure keeps them all in check, there will always be war. Later today, the winner of the World Cup of Football will be…
July 20, 2026

Mickel Jackson | Let the Integrity Commission do its work
The tabling of the Integrity Commission’s Eighth Annual Report for 2025-2026 should have prompted serious national reflection on progress against corruption. Instead, much of the commentary has…
July 20, 2026 by Karen Madden

BATTLE ROYALE - Local sports icons share picks with eyes on Yamal and Messi as World Cup glory beckons
It will be a case of the young upstart against one of modern football’s greatest and most experienced players when Spain’s rising star Lamine Yamal faces off with Argentina’s seasoned veteran Lionel…
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July 20, 2026

Editorial | PAAC falls short on Students’ Loan Bureau
Last week’s discussion at Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of the deepening crisis of payments arrears at the Students’ Loans Bureau (SLB) was disappointingly,…
July 19, 2026 by Livern Barrett

IC unable to find, charge 7 ex-public officials
The Integrity Commission (IC) is unable to locate seven former public officials who are facing charges of failing to file statutory declarations for various periods, Jamaica’s principal…
July 19, 2026 by Kimone Francis

‘A parent’s worst nightmare’ - J’can mom fights to bring special-needs daughter home amid Canada custody battle
The welfare of an 11-year-old Jamaican girl hangs in the balance amid a bitter international custody dispute, with her mother alleging that the child, who has special needs, was wrongfully retained in…
July 19, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Who got the money? - JISA presses Gov’t for list of private institutions who received share of promised $31m
WESTERN BUREAU: More than eight months after Hurricane Melissa’s devastating passage last October, the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) has expressed concern over what it says is…
July 19, 2026 by Corey Robinson

SCHOOL SHUFFLE - Parents weigh costs, reputation and convenience in wake of Hydel-Cumberland merger
With a registration package for her stepdaughter in one hand and transfer papers for her son in the other, Marcia Gentles arrived at Cumberland High School in Portmore, St Catherine, on Friday facing…