Commentary
23 Sep, 2026
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Kenneth Russell | When the rains return, the drought will not be over
The rain will eventually return. But when it does, the drought in rural Jamaica will not simply end. Across rural Jamaica, this drought is doing much more than drying fields and emptying tanks. It is…
22 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Rethink TCN secrecy
There may indeed be nothing to hide, or that is being hidden, in Jamaica’s third-country national (TCN) agreement with the United States. In which case, there is, or ought to be, no basis for keeping…
22 Sep, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian children
On January 29, 2024, five-year-old Hind Rami Iyad Rajab and six family members were fleeing from Gaza’s Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood when Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicle, initially killing…
22 Sep, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Genuflectory diplomacy
Dessie kept reminding us that his brother, the Dunce, fell on his head from a tree as a child and was never the same. “Like we sey: Him head lick” was Dessie’s punchline. The Dunce was always proving…
22 Sep, 2026
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Yuri Kageyama | Centuries-old Japanese art of ikebana draws those seeking calm
Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, is a form of expression that dates back more than 500 years. It continues to blossom, quietly, not only with traditionalists but also with newcomers who…
21 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Tech-in-schools review
La Sonja Harrison’s re-ignition of a discussion on the effects of digital devices on children’s development again highlights the need for a serious analysis of the issue, and the need for guidelines…
21 Sep, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Diminishing justice
Last week, the minister of justice and the chief justice variously acknowledged that the Jamaican court system, particularly the Supreme Court, cannot dispose of all the cases before it within any…
21 Sep, 2026
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Haleigh Marshall | Literacy deserves a rights-based focus
Growing up, one of the common adages we were told in school was that “reading makes a full man”, or a full woman in my case. As I got older, I began to understand that concept in a more fulsome way.
21 Sep, 2026
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Dean Jones | Higher landlord costs could push Jamaican rents up
The next squeeze on Jamaican renters may begin somewhere they rarely look, not with the monthly rent notice, but with the cost of owning and maintaining the property itself.