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Friday, 24 July 2026

Breaking News For Jazz & Cabaret In The Gardens

Gem Myers

Fab 5
The show for lovers of great jazz & cabaret will take place on August 2, 2026, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, starting at 6:00 pm. This is Jazz & Cabaret in the Gardens. The organisers have breaking news for their large fan base. Gem Myers, one of Jamaica's most talented performers, will be one of the headliners. She will be supported by Fab 5. It will be a great way to start celebrating Jamaica's independence in 2026.

Jazz & Cabaret in the Gardens will be an awesome evening led by the 'One Man Woman,' Gem Myers. Later on, we will be telling you about possible international tours for Gem, and I know that you are hoping that she will be putting out a new recording soon. 



Other artistes on Jazz In The Gardens for August 2 will be Keesha Patterson, Alex Welcome, Ophelia Samuels, and Richie Sax. MC will be actress extraordinaire and radio personality, Rosie Murray.

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Thursday, 23 July 2026

My Mother Has Died

 

Mrs Zeana Smith has died 

My mother, the fighter, Miss Fisher, or Miss Zeana, passed on a few minutes ago. I know your thoughts are with the family, and I appreciate that. Please do not call any members of my family at this time. Thanks.

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Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Parents And Students Cannot Run Schools!!!


These are Holland High School students in a 2016 JIS picture with Principal Pauline Reid.
The students followed the rules and did well at their CAPE and CSEC examinations


We live in a society where many feel they can do what they want to do and they can redesign the rules for organizations. The first thing I had to understand as a student, and my parents had to understand also, was what was required for me to graduate from school and to get a diploma. If you are brighter than the sun and you do not know what the requirements are for graduation, then a peeni wallie light is brighter than you.

The Gleaner headline of July 21, 2026, screams, "GRAD HEARTBREAK - Trelawny school snubs top student over missed grade nine exam." First, what does snubbing have to do with missing a grade nine examination? The administration has decided what the requirements are for graduating and getting a diploma. The loud bawling of the Gleaner's headline and the crocodile tears in the article cannot meet the graduation requirements.

I have a strong feeling that the writer of this article and many others probably did not meet the requirements for graduation, and that is why they are not able to think logically. If the ministry is able to allow one student to graduate who did not meet the requirements, then that would be corruption.

This Holland High School student has decided that she has achieved certain standards; therefore, she did not need to do the examinations. It sounds as if she and her mother are running that school.

She will learn that in society, organizations set their standards, and so do professional examinations. You cannot tell them whether to award you a diploma, a certificate, or a degree, for example. There will be no Ministry of Education to run to.

I have said it before, many of us in the media are helping to tear down the country. It seems to me that parents and students have taken over the educational system. Probably they should set their own requirements, teach their children at home, and give them their diplomas.

The challenge is that this student's name has been broadcast to the world, and many prospective employers might be unwilling to take her on because she could be seen as one who does not follow the rules. Oonu love to run to the media with matters that can be handled locally and discreetly.

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Having Challenges With Your Brand-New Car?

The following report was sent to me by someone who bought a new 2026 JETOUR T2 motor vehicle from Tyre Warehouse Ltd., located at 1 Mannings Hill Road in Kingston. If you have bought a vehicle from this car dealer and you had challenges with your vehicle, add your comments at the bottom of this blog and send a WhatsApp message at (876) 816-5261 outlining your challenges.


Message From Consumer

I purchased a brand-new Jetour T2 with the expectation of owning a safe and reliable vehicle. Instead, my family and I have experienced an ongoing series of troubling brake-related issues from virtually the beginning of ownership.

My first brake complaint was made the day after delivery, when the vehicle had essentially no meaningful mileage. Since then, the front brake rotors have been replaced, yet the same symptoms returned within weeks, while the vehicle still had well under 10,000 km.

The dealer has concluded that the condition resulted from "excessive and continuous braking" and described it as a "driver habit." Based on that conclusion, my request for relief was denied.

However, my concern extends beyond brake rotor wear. On multiple occasions, the vehicle has behaved in ways that raise serious safety questions. While descending hills, the steering wheel and entire vehicle pulsated heavily under braking after recent rotor shaving. 

More concerning, the vehicle has unexpectedly applied the brakes on local roads with nothing in its path, coming to a sudden, hard stop before hesitating to accelerate again.

One particularly distressing incident occurred as my family was leaving my father's funeral. While moving slowly in a line of traffic departing the cemetery, the vehicle abruptly braked without warning, despite there being no visible obstruction or pothole. 

Experiences like this have left us fearful of driving the vehicle. I fully respect that mechanical faults require technical investigation. 

However, I struggle to understand how "driver habit" alone could explain a brake complaint reported virtually immediately after delivery, the recurrence of the same symptoms after new rotors were installed, and the additional behavior of unexpected braking and delayed acceleration.

My purpose in sharing this experience is not simply to seek accountability for my own situation but to encourage a thorough, independent examination of these safety concerns so that no other family is placed at unnecessary risk.

Vehicle safety should never be open to doubt.

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Dr Barbara Carby Says Thanks To The Ministry Of Labour And Social Security

Bark Di Trute received the following message from Dr Barbara Carby.

Dr. Barbara Carby

Mr Darby, 

The efforts of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to engage with seniors are to be commended. I decided to send this after having received the notice that life certificates can now be returned by email. A most welcome step that saves us a trip to the post office or the ministry. 

I then learned that the ministry also organizes a Spelling Bee for seniors as well as a market at which farm produce can be bought. There is also the annual National Senior Citizens Month celebration, and no doubt there are other activities of which I am not aware. Kudos to the MLSS for recognizing the important contribution of senior citizens to the country and for continuing to engage with them.


Editor's Note

The Ministry should promote the fact that the Ministry is allowing pensioners to send in their life certificates by email. The pensioners must be happy that we are retiring the old system of dealing with Life Certificates.

Thanks for your feedback, Dr Carby. This will be brought to the attention of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

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Breaking the Motorized Pyramid Scheme Economic Model

Contributed

Michael Spence

The question of PNP leadership is now being confronted. Do Mark Golding, Julian Robinson, Damion Crawford, Nickiesha Burrell "Nicki B", or Peter Bunting have the charismatic, dancehall-rooted appeal needed to mobilize voters? Even if any one does, charisma alone will not shift Jamaica’s political economy. Real power here does not reside in Parliament alone. It resides with the economic elite—roughly 1 per cent of the population. 

Any serious reform must be negotiated with that group, because they set the terms on which the country operates. Not the noise in the dancehall.

The terms today are defined by a Motorized Pyramid Scheme Economic Model. MPSEM is not built on production. It is built on extraction: ticketing, taxation, fees, high duties, and penalties. Its foundation is the estimated 700,000 motor vehicles on our roads. We have created a system that taxes movement instead of rewarding output.

Running parallel to this is a second economy, one that is growing just as fast. A lucrative crime industry that feeds on the same conditions of low production, high cost, and few legitimate opportunities.

We cannot campaign our way out of this, and we cannot ticket our way out of it either. If Jamaica is to change course, the next leadership will need more than crowd appeal. 

It will need the will to confront the economic interests that benefit from MPSEM and the courage to replace extraction with production as the basis of our economy. Without that, transformation will remain a slogan.


Michael Spence

Michael Spence is a graduate of Cornwall College and the University of the West Indies. He is a trained teacher, a sociologist, and a writer for Bark Di Trute.

Email: Micspen2@hotmail.com 

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