Commentary
04 Feb, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Tariffs coercion – this time, target Cuba
This week, there are several issues which could be substantially addressed in this column relating to national, regional and international trade relations. A curious one is an article in The Sunday…
04 Feb, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald |Jamaica’s ‘curry cow’ education system: a battle for cultural sovereignty
There are few tragedies more enduring than an education system that systematically undermines the very people it claims to uplift. In Jamaica, where more than 11 per cent of the adult population…
04 Feb, 2026
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Tamara Green | When cancer turns lives upside down, care steps in
Cancer does not only affect the body. It turns lives upside down. On this World Cancer Day, before we speak of systems, strategies, or statistics, we should first recognise the people who step forward…
03 Feb, 2026
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Editorial | Demand for skills training
In Panama last week, Kamina Johnson Smith, the foreign affairs and foreign trade minister, told international investors that the island’s post-hurricane reconstruction made Jamaica the right place for…
03 Feb, 2026
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Ree-Anna Robinson | Mental health in a polycrisis
People in Jamaica are facing several concurrent challenges, including: a high cost of living, a pending global recession, rising tensions within our region, crime and violence, as well as successive…
03 Feb, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Necrotic narcissism
Current activities by USA Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) are raising hackles everywhere. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, killings of American citizens Renee Good, just after she dropped…
03 Feb, 2026
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AI enters Jamaican real estate, raising questions of accuracy and responsibility
Artificial intelligence tools are becoming increasingly common in real estate offices worldwide, and Jamaica is no exception. From drafting property descriptions to enhancing images and managing…
02 Feb, 2026
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Editorial | A new Bandung?
Last week’s call by Prime Minister Andrew Holness for policy coherence and partnerships between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, in the face of an increasingly discordant and…
02 Feb, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Facing uncomfortable truths
Leroy, a 14-year-old yout’ from the hills of Westmoreland was talked about in Parliament last week. He has been getting $2,000 a week during term time from the church his mother attends to help with…