Commentary
05 Oct, 2026
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Dwayne Vernon | Trust deficit: Corruption, good governance and the way forward
Corruption corrodes the institutions on which democracies depend. In Jamaica, corruption and the perception of it now threaten three pillars of good governance: participation, the rule of law, and…
04 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Farewell, Ian McDonald!
It has been a season of death for towering West Indian figures. In July, Garfield Sobers, the greatest cricketer who ever lived, whether, as the calypsonian Mighty Sparrow declared in song, Sir…
04 Oct, 2026
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Mickel Jackson | Let’s strike the balance on the Firearms Act
In 2022, Jamaicans for Justice submitted its proposals to the members of the Firearms Joint Select Committee. We raised concerns then, and again before the wider Parliament once the bill left the…
04 Oct, 2026
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Rattan Lal | The FAO faces a new agricultural revolution
Humanity faces a paradox. We have never had so much scientific and technological knowledge to produce food, yet the need to transform the way we produce it has never been more evident. The Green…
04 Oct, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Doctoring the IDT
‘Patients’ and ‘patience’ are homophones, and we would be unreasonable to deny that the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has lots of both. With a doctor-patient ratio of 0.5 to 1,000,…
04 Oct, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Is it aptitude, attitude, or both?
The school term is in full swing once again and, although a child’s performance in school depends on a wide variety of external influences, I can’t help thinking that more children could do better if…
03 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | The crisis of a grey Jamaica
The Government’s proposed public education programme, targeting families and other unpaid caregivers of elderly Jamaicans, is a welcome and necessary initiative. People over 60 are Jamaica’s…
03 Oct, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Siparia: The beat goes on
I was reading The World’s Best Book and found what they considered the most amazing people: the Living Man, the Tallest Man, the Animal Lover, the Shortest Man, and even a Tallest Woman, an Oldest…
03 Oct, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | Other people’s wars, Caribbean bills
The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran or the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying…