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Economist urges Jamaica to leave oil alone

April 17, 2026 | News
Executive director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) Dr Damien King hopes Jamaica never strikes commercially viable oil – and he means it. King, a former lecturer in economics at the University of the West Indies, fears what development economists call the ‘resource curse’ – a pattern in which the discovery of natural resources weakens, rather than strengthens, a country’s institutions and governance.
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Mighty Gully to outrun Ricoricorico in Sunday’s feature

AFTER punching above her head in back-to-back races, MIGHTY GULLY returned to overnight allowance on April 6 but fell into the jaws of DESERT OF MALIBU, a grade-one horse competing two classes lower, allowed a bye by the conditions book. Nevertheless, MIGHTY GULLY acquitted herself with 121lb, ridiculously sitting at level weight with a United States-bred grade-one winner, who won as expected, clocking 1:06.2 for five and a half furlongs.
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Camperdown top Excelsior to claim schoolgirls’ football title

Camperdown High broke Excelsior High’s monopoly on the ISSA schoolgirls’ football competition after beating the nine-time defending champions 3-0 on penalties in the final at Wolmer’s Girls yesterday. Camperdown’s impressive goalkeeper and captain Italya Robinson was the outstanding player for the winners. She scored the first spot kick and saved two penalties in the shootout to deny Excelsior a 10th straight hold on the title. “I am the number one penalty taker. I can kick and I can save as well. It’s my favourite part of the game,” Robinson said afterwards.
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Defence attorney Isat Buchanan has raised concerns about what he describes as a troubling signal being sent by law enforcement following charges laid against popular podcaster Jhaedee Richards, more popularly known as Jaii Frais, in connection with Sunday’s shooting incident at a carnival afterparty in St Andrew. Buchanan said the decision to charge his client risks discouraging Jamaicans from defending themselves in life-threatening situations.

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Defence attorney Isat Buchanan has raised concerns about what he describes as a troubling signal being sent by law enforcement following charges laid against popular podcaster Jhaedee Richards, more popularly known as Jaii Frais, in connection with Sunday’s shooting incident at a carnival afterparty in St Andrew. Buchanan said the decision to charge his client risks discouraging Jamaicans from defending themselves in life-threatening situations.

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Weekend ‘double treat’ at Stadium

Sports fans are being promised a double treat at the National Stadium this weekend with two massive events planned for the Independence Park facility today and tomorrow. This after the organisers of Velocity Fest announced that its 19th staging, which had been previously scheduled for today, has been shifted to tomorrow making way for the Reggae Girlz clash against Guyana in the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers.

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Machel Montano poses for cameras at the premiere of his documentary, ‘Like Ah Boss: Journey of a Soca King’, held on Tuesday night at Palace Amusement’s Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew.
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Machel Montano’s ‘Like Ah Boss’ chronicles ‘epic soca year’, 40-year success

Following the Carnival in Jamaica Road March on Sunday, Machel Montano continued the soca celebrations locally with the première of his documentary, Like Ah Boss: Journey of a Soca King, held on Tuesday night at Palace Amusement’s Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew. According to the Happiest Man Alive singer, the documentary focuses on the epic soca year that was 2015, “the year when I did the song, Like Ah Boss”. But it also chronicles his 40-year success in the music industry.

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Editorial | Dealing effectively with autism

There isn’t a handle on the true scale of autism in Jamaica. It is estimated that one in 100 children (one per cent) is diagnosed with the disorder. The absence of hard data is allowing the scale of the issue to be underestimated, but leads to delayed intervention, and policy to be reactive rather than planned. Nor is there a system to track people who suffer from autism, or other developmental disorders, across their lives, to provide policymakers with the kinds of information required to inform long-term policies to deal with these issues.

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