Commentary
June 28, 2026
Byron Blake | Hurricane and heat wave - What a message for CARICOM conference?
Europe has been experiencing a record heatwave in intensity, duration, and geographic coverage in June, not July or August. The Caribbean, specifically Jamaica, was struck by the strongest Atlantic…
June 28, 2026
Garth Rattray | June is also road safety awareness month
We need to confront the fatal five traffic offences – speeding, distracted driving, driving while impaired, not wearing a seatbelt, and careless and inconsiderate driving. The authorities are carrying…
June 28, 2026
Orville Taylor | Dem ‘Ghana’ second round
Their names might roll clumsily off your tongues, but at the end of 90 minutes and time added on, the words “Medaase pii me abusua!” poured from my lips. If the team with the black star, wearing the…
June 27, 2026
Enrique Gomáriz Moraga | Concern over democracy in Latin America is rising
In the heat of recent electoral contests, accusations have proliferated among candidates that their opponents are undermining democracy. At the same time, several alarming reports on the state of…
June 28, 2026
Editorial | Harnessing Jamaica’s legacy in sickle cell disease treatment
A too-little-known or appreciated fact is that Jamaica is among the world’s leaders in research and understanding and treatment of sickle cell disease.
Indeed, people in Jamaica who have sickle cell,…
June 28, 2026
Tony Deyal | Beatles and Caribbean
I was very young and heard something called ‘Beatles’. When I found out it was not something to bite me, and hearing that it was changing the way they had a special music, I jumped into it and used my…
June 25, 2026
Editorial | Economic potential in Africa
Jamaica’s plan to dispatch a trade mission to Ghana next month is a potentially important development, not only for the island but for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It can help to energise recent…
June 26, 2026
Editorial | Reviewing PEP
The reported data, and the declarations of the island's education authorities, suggest that Jamaica’s grade-six students performed better in this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams.
For…
June 25, 2026
Dennis Blake | Loose wires, unsafe roads, and growing threat to public safety
Increasingly, people face serious threats simply walking through their communities, crossing streets, or commuting to work. Loose wires hanging dangerously over roads, broken or non-existent…