Commentary

This file photo shows Paradise Park solar farm in Westmoreland.
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Editorial | Accelerating renewables

The intention of the Government’s Generation Procurement Entity (GPE) to soon open bids for 220 megawatts of renewable energy is an important development at a critical time, which the authorities must not allow to falter. Indeed, they should accelerate the installation of the 100MW of renewables which GPE awarded to two companies, Wigton Wind Farm and Sunterra Energy Jamaica, 14 months ago.

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President Donald Trump greets Colonel Matha “Jeannie” Sasnett, commander of Air Force Mortuary Affairs, as he arrives on Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
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Peter Espeut | The gloves are off

I find Donald Trump to be disturbingly honest! In days gone by, when the United States (US) wanted to depose a demagogue – or even a democratically elected leader – they would send in the Central…
Kristen Gyles writes: Age does not always determine competence or judgement. However, if it is discrimination for parliamentarians, it is discrimination for employees everywhere else.
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Kristen Gyles | Age limits for parliamentarians

Mid-discussion, during a recent Standing Finance Committee meeting, Dr Alfred Dawes looked across the aisle and mockingly asked Desmond McKenzie “Why are you still here at your age?”. He went on…
People watch the sunset from the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026.
March 19, 2026

Editorial | CARICOM dithers on Cuba

As the Cuban economy crumbles and the future of his revolution grows increasingly fragile under the weight of America’s pressure, the jury remains out on Fidel Castro’s expectation of being absolved…
Raslan Abu Rukun is Israel’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic, and a non-resident ambassador to Antigua-Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, Haiti, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis.
March 19, 2026

Raslan Abu Rukun | Iran: why and why now?

Why Operation Roaring Lion was essential and why it was launched now are best understood by looking at the Iranian regime’s past and present behaviour. A quick peek at what could be its future if left…
Anthropic diagram
March 19, 2026

Basil Jarrett | What future are we schooling our children for?

It’s a thought that should frighten every parent in 2026: The fact that their child is excelling in exactly the kind of work that a machine is learning to do faster, cheaper and without needing a…
Published 16 hours ago

Leroy Fearon | More care, less cost: NHF expands coverage for Jamaicans

In a significant and people-centred advancement in public healthcare, the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF), has…
Senior Superintendent of Police Damion S. Manderson, Commander of the St. Andrew South Police Division
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SSP Damion S. Manderson | Today’s solution, tomorrow’s problem…If we do nothing

A few years ago I had a lecturer whose profound words resonate with me to this day: “many of today’s solutions will prove to be tomorrow’s problems”. Jamaica continues to grapple with the painful…
Robert Morgan, minister in charge of works.
March 18, 2026

Editorial | The dilemma of roads

Robert Morgan’s remarks at the recent World Bank round table on infrastructure suggest that the Holness administration is pushing ahead with its plan for a new agency to manage and repair Jamaica’s …
An anti-air interceptor drone designed to destroy Russian attack drones from the Ukrainian company General Cherry is seen during a demonstration in Kyiv region, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
March 18, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Death merchants – producers and exporters of arms, ammunition

“ There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.” – Union General, William T. Sherman, American Civil War, 1861-1865