Commentary

United States President Donald Trump is joined by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the signing ceremony for the agreement establishing the military alliance known as the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition.
Updated 9 hours ago

Editorial | CARICOM can’t reverse T&T backing

It is not surprising that many people, including some regional governments, are having second thoughts about the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) endorsement of Trinidad and Tobago for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. There are more than whispers that this support should be reconsidered.

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Published 20 hours ago

Basil Jarrett | Opportunities in every (Middle East) crisis

Let’s get this out of the way early. What is happening in the Middle East is a sad, disheartening and completely regrettable waste of human life and property.
Joel Wynter who is suffering from sickle cell disease being tended by his mother.
Published 20 hours ago

Jada Morrison | Hidden struggles of living with sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects an estimated 18,000 persons in Jamaica. Common complications include chronic fatigue, frequent infections, severe pain, and damage to vital organs. While many people…
CARICOM leaders with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the 50th Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in February 2026. Photo courtesy of the CARICOM Secretariat.
Published 10 hours ago

Nand C. Bardouille | CARICOM and the new normal in international politics

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is grappling with a protracted period of regional tensions, tied to the new normal in international politics. In some respects, this moment is the bloc’s toughest…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
April 15, 2026

Editorial | Interlocutor for Kamla

For supporters of regional integration, as expressed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 2025 was, as Queen Elizabeth II characterised 1992, an annus horribilis.
Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of US Senator Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran and opposing US weapons support,
April 15, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | War – what is it good for?

Since January, it seems that the news has been full of war, military action, more than usual. We have had military activities continuing in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, the Caribbean,…
Norris McDonald
April 15, 2026

Norris R. McDonald | Poverty, ghetto survival, and land tenure struggles

Smoke curls from a wattle-and-daub, thatched-roof kren-kren in Epsom, St Mary, as the sun rises over terraced hillsides. Descendants of the Coromantee Maroons survive here through discipline, memory,…
Keenan Falconer, economist with the UN Jamaican Economy Panel.
April 15, 2026

Keenan Falconer | The financial sector: Striking the right balance

The Gleaner's Editorial on Monday, April 13, made an important intervention as it discussed the ideal role of the financial sector in advancing Jamaica's development prospects.
Dr Kevin Brown, the president of the University of Technology.
April 14, 2026

Editorial | New language for TVET

Global trends underline the logic of renewed calls for Jamaica to strengthen technical and vocational education and training (TVET). However, it is not clear that policymakers, educators, or other…
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican.
April 14, 2026

Michael Abrahams | Christian perspectives on the Iran war

On February 28, the US and Israel launched an unprovoked bombing attack on Iran. The country was engaged in negotiations regarding its nuclear programme at the time, but the aggressors claimed it was…