Commentary
June 21, 2026
Editorial | Leading the charge to safeguard the oceans
It is a truism that the seas are critical to Jamaica’s and the Caribbean’s economic survival. But the data paints the picture starkly.
According to the World Bank, the blue economy contributes an…
June 21, 2026
Tony Deyal | Doctors in the house including Stephan Leacock humourist
I was just about one-year-old when my father gave one of his cousins a job and a place to stay with us in a typical home, upstairs for all of us, and downstairs to ensure that we were not being under…
June 19, 2026
Peter Espeut | A human rights or an English problem?
In his contribution to the sectoral debate in Parliament last week Wednesday (June 10), Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, stated, inter alia, that “Jamaica does not – and I hope will never have – a…
June 19, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Rat race to extinction
A few decades ago, John Calhoun, an expert in animal behaviour, set up an experiment involving eight white mice. He put them in what we can call ‘mouse heaven’. On day one of the experiment, the four…
June 19, 2026
Wayne Campbell | Closing the survival gap equity in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. That means it is passed down from a parent’s genes. It causes the body to make abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood…
June 20, 2026
Editorial | Troy Bridge to NaRRA accountability
Taken together, the reopening of the Troy bridge, the auditor general’s findings on the National Water Commission (NWC), and the intense debate surrounding NaRRA tell a remarkably consistent story…
June 18, 2026
Editorial | The residue of war
The downward drift in oil prices since the United States and Iran halted hostilities ahead of negotiations to end their war, is good news for Jamaica.
The island’s economy will hopefully get a…
June 18, 2026
SSP Diaries | Shaping the Future Government vs Integrity Commission and others
Our democracy has been tried and tested since we gained Independence in 1962. In recent times, the Government appears to be at war with an instrument of its own creation, namely the Integrity…
June 19, 2026
Montel Gordon | Belfast riots: Are the same scripts being revived?
The year 2016 will always be remembered as a watershed moment in the West. Brexit and Trump’s election signified a widespread shift toward right-wing populism