Commentary

Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow.
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Editorial | Cricket West Indies rings shallow

Cricket West Indies (CWI), the administrator of the sport in the Caribbean, hasn’t as yet disclosed the decisions taken at the annual meeting of its shareholders held on Saturday.

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In this 2020 photo, Cuban doctors and medical professionals are seen at the Havana airport prior to their departure to Italy to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Michael Abrahams | The complexity of the Cuban doctor crisis

The recent decision by the Jamaican Government to terminate its arrangement with the Cuban Government regarding its Medical Brigade has created a furore. However, the complexity of this multifaceted…
This file photo shows shoppers in downtown Kingston.
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Gordon Robinson | Don’t cry for “small retail businesses”

Then there was the day The Dunce took too long to play. In dominoes unless you want to be labelled a cheat, you’ll play quickly unless you have a legitimate problem. Any delay is considered “talking…
Prime Minister Andrew Holness making his presentation to the 2026-2027 Budget debate.
March 23, 2026

Editorial | Relief first or scale first?

The 2026/27 budget debate opening speeches forced Jamaica to examine the question we have postponed having: what exactly is the most credible path to faster growth and better development outcomes in a…
Representational image of a stressed young man
March 23, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Kemar’s fate

How long can we can go on ignoring the new reality? Backra Massa has declared about the plantation next door, “I can do anything I want with Cuba”. It won’t take much for that conviction to extend to…
A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping as Premier Li Qiang delivering his work reports during the opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing.
March 23, 2026

Wang Jinfeng | Share the development opportunities of Chinese modernisation

Recently, China’s ‘two sessions’ (the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress and the Fourth Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative…
The World Water Day 2026: ‘Where Water Flows, Equality Grows’
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Leroy Fearon | Thirst by design: Why water injustice is not an accident

Each year, on World Water Day, we are invited to reflect on conservation, climate resilience, and sustainability. These are safe conversations. Necessary but safe. What is far less comfortable is…
Professor Augustine John, Human Rights campaigner and Honorary Fellow at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London.
Published 13 hours ago

Professor Gus John | Complicity in betrayal

…After 60 years of anti-discrimination legislation, lives are still being ruined As I approach 62 years in Ole Blighty and reflect upon my 60 years in the struggle for racial equity and social…
Workmen operate a road roller along a section of roadway under the Hagley Park Road Improvement Project in St Andrew in 2018.
March 22, 2026

Editorial | Building productivity

That the Government is developing a policy to address Jamaica’s long-standing crisis of low productivity is, on its face, good news. But the administration is reminded this problem won’t be solved…
Lisa Vasciannie writes: ... central challenge facing Caribbean democracies is no longer primarily procedural. Legitimacy is now negotiated in a far more complex context ...
March 22, 2026

Lisa Vasciannie | Caribbean ballots in a geopolitical age

The Caribbean has often been described as a zone of stable democracy. This has been evidenced by regular elections, peaceful transfers of power and comparatively credible electoral administration. …