Commentary
March 16, 2026
Editorial | Waiting for transformation
The 2026/27 Budget Speech by Minister Fayval Williams was to a large extent an update on the post Hurricane Melissa recovery plans. It told a good story about surviving a great shock, restoring…
March 16, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Weak foundations
Last Thursday, I met Bobby at Newell High School in St Elizabeth. After two years in a basic school and six years at primary level, Bobby was placed in Grade 7 at Newell, 20 miles away and a $800…
March 16, 2026
Lloyd Barnett | Combating corruption
Corruption has a corrosive influence on the machinery of government. For several decades, the issue of corruption in public offices has received widespread public attention and frequent intense…
March 16, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Our storms, their emissions
Across the Caribbean and parts of South America, the sound of approaching storms has become all too familiar. For many young people in these regions, climate change is no longer an abstract discussion…
March 16, 2026
David Comissiong | United we stand, divided we fall
In recent times we have been hearing the curious notion being peddled that it is not necessary for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to have agreement or convergence on their foreign policy…
March 15, 2026
Editorial | Matters for the prime minister
When Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaks in the Budget Debate this week, there are two issues which this newspaper wants him to place on his list of priorities to be addressed. And, preferably, he…
March 15, 2026
Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 2
The greatest contributing factors to our falling total fertility rate (TFR) are economic hardship and little or no expectation / hope for a better future.
March 15, 2026
Jaevion Nelson | New commitment to end AIDS in Jamaica
In 2024, one thousand one hundred people contracted HIV and around 25 per cent of them were young people between 15 and 24 years. Consequently, Jamaica is one of four countries contributing to 90 per…
March 15, 2026
Orville Taylor | Get ‘red’ of it
Not a piece of bloody cloth; the Jamaican flag has no red. More than 15 countries, including 11 African nations, have some modality of the red, green, and gold. With black and white as a base colour,…