Commentary

Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority.
Published 14 hours ago

Editorial | External audit for NSWMA

There are some people who, intuitively, possess extraordinary insights, emotional intelligence, organisational skills and a capacity to absorb and process information, that make them, despite lack of formal training, excellent managers.

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Fadi Al Zein, who lost both his homes in Israeli strikes in his village of Khiam and in Dahiyeh, smokes a water pipe inside his heavily damaged home in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Lebanon.
Published 14 hours ago

Gordon Robinson | A luta continua

Pundits worldwide are speculating on who’s winning the war between USA/Israel and Iran/Lebanon. Donald Dumdum keeps saying he obliterated Iran’s military assets and already won the war. Yet, long…
Representational image of a youngster chatting online with an anonymous person.
Updated 7 hours ago

Michael Abrahams | Exposing a ‘rape academy’

In September 2020, French police arrested a man named Dominique Pelicot for secretly taking photographs beneath women’s clothing (upskirting) in a supermarket. Unfortunately, that was just the tip of…
If we are serious about improving performance and presence, then we must pay attention to the small habits that influence both. Dressing well is one of them.
Published 4 hours ago

Leroy Fearon | Dress the part, win the week

There is a quiet discipline that often goes unnoticed at the start of a work week. It is not found in meetings or reports or strategic plans, but in something far more routine. It is found in how one…
Dean Jones, founder of Jamaica Homes
Published 2 hours ago

Dean Jones | 80 per cent of homes uninsured in Jamaica

…Hurricanes exposed it. The numbers confirm it. The system still hasn’t fixed it. Jamaica does not have a housing problem in the way it is commonly described. It has a risk problem, and that risk is…
Senator Sherene Golding Campbell.
April 27, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Are they civil and do they serve?

Senator Sherene Golding Campbell gets it. Her piece titled ‘The personal responsibility revolution needed in the public service’ was brave enough to confront a major cramp of governance and…
The Caribbean Court of Justice in Port-of-Spain.
April 27, 2026

Lloyd Barnett | Selecting Jamaica’s final court of appeal

In the discussions respecting constitutional reform, the question of selecting Jamaica’s final appellate court has probably been the most contentious. In fact, it has threatened to frustrate the…
Hugh Hart (right) is seen wearing Tefillin alongside Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, who blows a ram’s horn in honor of the Jewish New Year.
April 27, 2026

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | My friend Hugh Hart: A legendary figure with a huge heart

On Thursday, April 16, I got a notification that former senator and government minister Hugh C.E. Hart had passed away at age 96. We first met in 2018 and I quickly grew to become very fond of him. I…
The recent tragedies affecting schools, communities, and places of worship together represent a national warning signal. Jamaica must respond not only with grief but with resolve. The protection of children, the preservation of educational environments, an
April 27, 2026

Ryan Reddie | The violation of sacred and social spaces

The recent killing of a young woman near a place of worship in Montego Bay, associated with the New Testament Church of God community, represents more than an isolated criminal episode. Rather, it…
Dr Horace Chang, opens the 2026/27 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 21.
April 26, 2026

Editorial | Dr Chang is wrong

Because he knows better, this newspaper is repeatedly taken aback by Horace Chang’s demonisation of civil society and other organisations that insist on accountability by the police, including that…