Jamaica at 64: Are we becoming a republic or just talking about it?
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August 10, 2026
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Sixty-four years after the Union Jack came down at the National Stadium, Jamaica is still asking a question that ought, by now, to have a reasonably clear answer.
Are we going to become a republic or aren’t we?
On November 30, 2021, a Caribbean country considerably smaller than Jamaica removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, installed Dame Sandra Mason as its first president and carried on.
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