Commentary
June 16, 2026
Editorial | Solar, wind or nuclear?
Ironically, Prime Minister Andrew Holness revived his case for Jamaica’s embrace of nuclear power just as Ramon Méndez Galain, the architect of the South American country’s initiative, argued that the…
June 16, 2026
Michael Abrahams | Empathy for the West
On the evening of Friday, June 5, without any warning, Jamaica was plunged into darkness by an islandwide power outage. Earlier, I had endured a particularly demanding day at work and was attempting…
June 16, 2026
Chevanese Tulloch and Britania Williams | Junk food marketing – the real schoolyard problem
Across the region, school environments continue to expose children to marketing for ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks through sponsorships, branded events, vending availability, and promotions…
June 16, 2026
Janiel McEwan | The line that cannot afford to wait: How Jamaica is letting its emergency system drown
There is a moment – familiar to every emergency call handler, on every shift, in every country on earth – when the phone rings and the world holds its breath. The operator picks up. What comes through…
June 15, 2026
Editorial | Oil and transport
Wayne Henry’s endorsement of the idea of work-from-home and other flexible and staggered work schedules to save fuel intuitively, and on the basis of past evidence, makes sense.
What Dr Henry and the…
June 15, 2026
Christopher Burgess | No land, no resilience
There is a risk that the opportunity presented by Hurricane Melissa to address land tenure, fragile housing, and their wider social consequences will be missed.
Jamaica Institution of Engineers’…
June 15, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Choices matter
So, finally, there is public admission of what we all knew from daily experience: that the government is unable to meet the cost of good education for everyone.
What a deceitful charade this has…
June 15, 2026
Leroy Fearon | The price tag of a high-value partner
The recent wave of divorces involving successful entrepreneurs, executives, politicians, academics, entertainers, and other high-achieving professionals has sparked widespread discussion.
June 14, 2026
Editorial | Chuck, CCJ and Sir Shridath
Two statements by Delroy Chuck in Parliament last week are in need of clarification, and perhaps, with respect to the second, a correction of the record.
In his contribution to the sector debates,…