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Gleaner editorial writes: ... choices made under tax expenditure have real consequences. It is very important therefore that legislators, in the upcoming budget discussions and debate, pay attention to this important aspect of public policy.
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Editorial | Measuring tax expenditures

According to the recent reports on tax expenditures tabled in the House of Representatives, government expenditure in this area reached J$46.6 billion in 2023. The significance of this needs to be better understood, and the policy behind it explained.

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Dr Carolyn Gomes (left), former executive director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), and JFJ chairman Horace Levy at the JFJ End Police Violence Peaceful Protest at Half Way Tree Transport Centre in April 2025.
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Mickel Jackson | Holding power to account: Vital work of human rights organisations in Jamaica

The past week has sparked intense public discourse about the role of civil society – particularly Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) – and whether the sector engages in “fair play” in its criticisms. Having…
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Mariame McIntosh Robinson | Beyond the paradox

The Gleaner’s recent editorial titled ‘Opening doors for girls in science and technology’ highlighted a striking paradox: Jamaican girls excel in mathematics and science throughout primary and…
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Garth Rattray | Simianisation is malicious, racist dehumanisation

It is terrible that the most powerful and influential office on the planet posted images of former American president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle (who are both Afro-Americans) as apes. Coming…
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Orville Taylor | Cuba ahora; Jamaica proximo?

Former American ambassador Luis Moreno has reassured the Jamaican people that we have nothing to worry about, despite utterances by Republican Congressman Carlos Giménez, that “Jamaica will face the…
This February 17 photo shows a collision involving a Toyota Axio motor car and an Isuzu truck along Mandela Highway.
February 28, 2026

Editorial | Make roads safe

There was good news and bad news in the crash report released this week by the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The good news: that in the first 54 days of 2026 (up to February 23) road traffic…
February 28, 2026

Tony Deyal | The good, the bad and the maybe

Many moons ago, I dared to go to a terrifying late-night show, The Horror of Dracula, at the country cinema in the dusty town of Siparia in South Trinidad. Originally an indigenous settlement believed…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a thumbs up during the CARICOM plenary session in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
February 28, 2026

Ronald Sanders | Rubio, CARICOM, and the work of diplomacy

When Marco Rubio arrived in St. Kitts to address the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, he did so only hours after attending President Trump’s State of the Union address in…
Gleaner editorial writes: The Gleaner urges, and looks forward to, a broader and deeper conversation of the projected skills requirement for the post-Hurricane Melissa reconstruction
February 27, 2026

Editorial | The HEART of skills

It is a long-standing complaint that Jamaica has a scarcity of skilled or certified trades people, such as carpenters, masons and plumbers. Even if they are good at the basics, they often fall short…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (centre front) in red tie, poses for a group photo with other government officials attending the CARICOM meeting in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. Also pictured are Bahamas’ Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis (left),
February 27, 2026

Peter Espeut | The dismantling of CARICOM

I guess if you ask Prime Minister Holness he might say that Jamaica already held a referendum on the issue on September 19, 1961 and the people decided. Sixty-five years ago, Norman Manley – premier…