Commentary

Gleaner editorial writes: But the [NaRRA] bill has serious problems. While it gets the mission broadly right, it does not yet meet the criteria public bodies in Jamaica actually need to be successful.
March 29, 2026

Editorial | Fixing the NaRRA Bill

The bill to establish the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), the agency to lead Jamaica’s post-hurricane reconstruction, gets several important things right. But there are many…
People walk through Santa Cruz, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa passed.
March 29, 2026

Mickel Jackson | Climate justice beyond the rhetoric

There is no climate justice without social justice. Small island developing states like Jamaica, which emit a negligible fraction of the world’s greenhouse gases, bear a disproportionate brunt of the…
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March 29, 2026

Garth Rattray | Death in milliseconds

Despite the annual carnage on our roads, many drivers are not considering the innumerable ways that they are endangering themselves and other road users.
Ambassador Byron Blake
March 29, 2026

Byron Blake | Hurricane Melissa: To sue or not to sue, that is the question

On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa clobbered Jamaica with an uppercut, the ferocity of which has never been measured before. It was as straight as it was clean. There was no doubt about the source…
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March 29, 2026

Orville Taylor | Ghana leads with UN resolution

India and China said “Yes!” Only 330 million live in the US. In Israel there are around 10 million inhabitants. Abstaining is not the same as voting “No!” although in certain elections, it could count…
Gleaner editorial writes: The island has been ranked close to the 49th position in the World Happiness Report, though, according to this index, Jamaica may not be among the world’s happiest countries, but it is also not among the lowest.
March 28, 2026

Editorial | Are Jamaicans a happy people?

Well … maybe. And it depends whom you compare them with, and how you define happiness. Using the yardstick of the World Happiness Report 2026, Jamaicans are the 49th happiest people in the world,…
March 28, 2026

Tony Deyal | Dogs are people too

When I was a young boy, in addition to my parents, I had the attention and affection of a very special, honorary family member – a dog. There were dogs all around me and my family all my life.
Special Meeting of the OAS Permanent Council held on March 25, in Washington, DC
March 28, 2026

Ronald Sanders | Cost of silence

The Organization of American States (OAS) is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing…
Finance Minister Fayval Williams speaking during the closing of the 2026-2027 National Budget Debate.
March 27, 2026

Editorial | Welcome tax recalibration

The government’s decision to recalibrate two of the critical tax measures recently announced by Finance Minister Fayval Williams goes to the credit of the administration and is welcomed by this…