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Editorial | A red card for Infantino

For subscribers to that kind of cosmic philosophy, Belgium’s 4-1 thrashing of the United States on Monday night in their round-of-16 clash at the FIFA World Cup may have seemed like expected karma.
For this newspaper, it was a just outcome – not only because of the teams’ relative performances on the field of play.

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Norris R. McDonald | ‘Dead money’ or prosperity? - Put Jamaica’s wealth to work
In 1995, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson ended Jamaica’s long relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), setting the country on a more independent economic path. It was a historic…
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Elizabeth Morgan | The US Constitution’s ideals and US reality
On Saturday, July 4, 2026 the USA celebrated its 250th anniversary of independence. There was at least one article in this newspaper reflecting on the ideals of the US Constitution and the example…
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July 7, 2026

Editorial | AI policy for schools
The finding by researchers at the University of Technology (UTech) that practically all of Jamaica’s tertiary and secondary students use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in their studies…
July 7, 2026

Tiou Clarke | Who audits the AI algorithm?
A quiet crisis of accountability is unfolding across corporate landscapes as companies outsource core business logic to automation. Algorithms now vet resumes, process credit lines, and interface with…
July 7, 2026

Michael Abrahams | Nuff respect, Cape Verde
Did you know about Cape Verde before this year’s FIFA World Cup? If you did not, you are in the majority. Now, thanks to the extraordinary run of the nation’s football team, the Blue Sharks, at the…
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July 6, 2026

Editorial | Nonsense graduations
Apart from a whinge over the schools’ alleged exploitative pricing of the affairs, a more substantive contribution by Stewart Jacobs and his National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ)…
July 6, 2026

Christopher Burgess | Power and water: Backbone of productivity and competitiveness
Jamaica’s electrical and water infrastructure is too fragile, exposed, and outdated to be restored in the old way. The scale of the damage shows that reconstruction requires redesign for future…
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July 6, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Renewing democracy
In the early decades of the 19th century, the French journalist Alexis de Tocquevillle traversed the United States, then about the same age as Jamaica is now. Fresh from the chaos of the revolution…
July 5, 2026

Editorial | Philip Pierre’s challenge
Philip Pierre, St Lucia’s prime minister, is correct about the potential of Caribbean integration and what regional citizens should expect from their countries’ membership of the Caribbean Community…