Commentary
April 4, 2026
Orville Taylor | CARICOM a model for international peace
Exactly five years ago, I woke up on Resurrection Sunday, after fighting for more than two weeks with the COVID-19 virus, which tried every night to kill me. In my head, a song, whose chorus eluded my…
April 2, 2026
Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis
Dr Carla Barnett has not been the kind of secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this newspaper had hoped for. She has not interpreted her mandate or fashioned her leadership as a…
April 4, 2026
Nicole Loiten | Autism Awareness means nothing without access…A reality many Jamaican families know too well
Every April, Autism Awareness Month fills our feeds with messages of support. But for many families – especially in countries like Jamaica – awareness is not the problem. Access is. I say this not…
April 2, 2026
Khaled El-Enany | Small islands, big front lines
Across the Caribbean, climate change is already reshaping lives, coastlines, and futures. Small Island Developing States, which account for just one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, are…
April 2, 2026
Basil Jarrett | Can tap. But can we trust?
Growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, one of the first survival lessons you learned while traversing the bus system was to keep your wallet in your front pocket. Not the back where it was more stylish. The…
April 2, 2026
Nicola Andrews | Every child must learn…But at what cost?
The inequality of teacher-led extra lessons The phrase “Every child can learn, every child must learn” is widely recognised as a policy mantra developed and adopted by the Jamaican Ministry of…
April 1, 2026
Editorial | A bolder vision for King’s House and Heroes Circle
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness got it mostly right with his plan for a park in Kingston for older people, to be established on the acreages adjoining the governor general’s residence, King’s House.
April 1, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | The US’s Christian hypocrisy ‘Do as I say, not as I do’
The most important observances in Christianity are in Holy Week (Easter), from Palm Sunday, when Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey; to Holy Thursday of the last supper, the…
April 1, 2026
Norris R. McDonald | Ghost budget, sick patients, health screening, IMF praise!
One of the biggest challenges faced by poor black Jamaicans is the high out-of-pocket cost of urgent medical tests. This is a burden not only on the cash-strapped poor but also on members of the…