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March 8, 2026
Byron Blake | CARICOM’s support for Guyana: Unquestionable
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in seeking to justify a clear departure from established CARICOM practice and align with President Donald Trump, has raised the issue of…
March 8, 2026
Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 1
Recently, there has been a lot of talk and concern about Jamaica’s falling fertility rate. Things have certainly changed. Several decades ago, we were experiencing a population boom. Our people were…
March 8, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Invoice intrigue
An invoice that was presented to customs officials detailing medical equipment and office furniture purchased in the name of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) for US$251,582 or almost…
March 8, 2026
by Corey Robinson
Left behind: Inside Bellevue’s ward for Jamaica’s forgotten patients
James Harvey*, 54, still moves as though he is standing behind a towering sound system. Sometimes he rocks from side to side, blurting intros to dancehall hits as if the speakers are still thumping…
March 8, 2026
Ripton gets approval for 171‑unit Trafalgar complex
The environmental regulator has approved a 171-unit complex on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston, granting Ripton International Capital Holders Ltd planning permission that would make the development…
March 8, 2026
Oran A Hall | The faces of interest
Interest is what borrowers pay lenders for using their money. Interest is paid by governments, corporations, and diverse other organisations. It is paid on several types of instruments, at various…
March 8, 2026
MrBeast’s company fired video editor after Kalshi accused the employee of insider trading
Beast Industries fired a MrBeast video editor this week following accusations of insider trading by prediction market operator Kalshi. Kalshi, an online platform that allows users to “trade on…
March 8, 2026
Denmark explores whether gastronomy can be recognised as art form
COPENHAGEN (AP) Imagine dining on “edible plastic” made from algae and collagen from fish skins. While you ingest the dish, ocean-borne plastic pollution seemingly floats above you, projected across…
March 8, 2026
by Book Review by Dudley McLean II
Quietly transformative contribution to Caribbean education and child development
At a time when classroom discipline, school violence, and parenting practices are under intense national scrutiny, this book invites Jamaica to reconsider a fundamental question: What if children are…