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Vybz Kartel and Shawn Storm are seen leaving the Home Circuit Court

Even as it examines the future of jury trials in Jamaica, the Holness administration must urgently bring to Parliament legislation to close a loophole for the cynical contamination of juries, deliberately aimed and the undermining of cases – the...
In this 2023 photo parents are seen preparing macaroni and cheese during the launch of the the Project Star School Feeding programme at the Food and Drink Kitchen.

One of my objectives when serving in the Ministry of Education was to extend and transform the school feeding programme. There would be several advantages. Foremost would be to improve the attendance, behaviour and performance of the 200,000...
Produce on display at the Denbigh Agriculture, Industrial and Food Show 2023.

Every two years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) holds its Regional Ministerial Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together its 33 members in the region to monitor progress and address the...

For many of us, it does not seem to have been a very long time between our children getting deeply into their school’s ‘ABC’ and almost suddenly reaching the higher level of ‘Always Be Creating (or communicating)’. In between those early days and...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have sparked discussions across many industries, with the education sector experiencing the most significant impact, according to extensive research. This industry has been plagued by students using AI...

After last year’s manoeuvrings by its political parties to win the votes of CARICOM nationals living there, the decision by Antigua and Barbuda’s government to opt out of fully free movement of labour in the community is surprising. Hopefully,...

Many – even some schooled political watchers – were surprised at how much ground the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) lost to the People’s National Party (PNP) in last month’s local government elections. Either they give little credence to scientific...

Ever realised how that annoying group of Manchester United football fans seem more devoted to trash talking Arsenal players when they are all together in the same room, as opposed to when they are alone? The phenomenon of group polarisation is an...

Andrew Swaby’s pledge to run an open, transparent and inclusive local government in the joint administrative region of Kingston and St Andrew has a welcome, if familiar, ring to it. It is what new government leaders tend to say, having displaced...

IN JAMAICA, the outcry against corruption typically takes the form of complaints about government officials dipping into the public till. The familiar echoes of frustration and discontent at the vast sums of money being diverted from the public...
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