Commentary

The University Hospital of the West Indies.
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Editorial | Transforming UHWI

The disclosure of the University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) J$18 billion debt to Jamaica’s tax authorities, adds another titillating bit to the tales of impunity and dysfunction the auditor general told in her recent report on the institution.

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Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington DC.
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Peter Espeut | Don’t look now: we’ve been conquered!

Speaking at the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference on March 5, at US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Doral, Florida (Jamaica was among the 17 countries present), Peter Brian…
Ruthlyn James
Updated 50 minutes ago

Ruthlyn James | From the classroom to nowhere – Jamaica’s autism transition gap

Autism in Jamaica is a matter of structural failure across the very systems meant to carry a life from early childhood into adulthood. Because the truth is this: autism does not end in childhood, it…
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 18 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…
April 16, 2026

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.
April 16, 2026

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 19 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,…