Commentary

Courtney Williams, Commissioner of the Independent Fiscal Commission
Published 16 hours ago

Editorial | IFC and noisy MPs

Apart from their partisan desk-thumping, an unfortunate feature of Jamaica’s legislators is how little attention they pay to, and therefore know about, the bills upon which they vote. They generally leave it to the executive, the Cabinet, to decide and then corral the votes.

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Africka Stephens
Published 16 hours ago

Africka Stephens | Tomato juice in schools? A right step in school nutrition

March is officially observed as Nutrition Month, a time when national attention turns to the critical link between what we eat and how we live. It is therefore both fitting and forward-thinking that…
The SSP Diaries
Published 16 hours ago

SSP Diaries | The threat regime débâcle?

Following the forceful removal of President Maduro of Venezuela, and the huge public outcry from strong US allies across the globe, the US Administration has experienced something unexpected in the…
“A resource is only a blessing when the people can feel it in their daily lives. If Jamaica ever strikes oil, the victory cannot stay on paper or in press releases...This is not the hour for Jamaica to think small. If opportunity comes, we must meet it w
Published 5 hours ago

If Jamaica strikes oil

Jamaica cannot afford to drift through this moment with polite language, soft thinking, or the usual habit of celebrating possibility before securing substance. There is a serious conversation now…
Paulwell
March 11, 2026

Editorial | Rare earths and more

While the economic feasibility of extracting rare earth elements (REE) from bauxite residue is still unattained, Phillip Paulwell is right about Jamaica needing to do the work to put itself in a…
A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran on March 8, 2026.
March 11, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Another war in a complex, volatile region: fulfilling prophecy?

The international news is dominated by the current Iran war initiated by Israel and the USA on Saturday, February 28. The USA was assembling its military in the region following its mission in…
March 11, 2026

Offniel Lamont | Call to address obesity

Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity in the Caribbean has more than doubled, making it the hardest-hit region in the Americas. In 2022, 8.6 per cent of children under five years old were…
March 11, 2026

Claudio Villanueva | Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies

Over the past few years, a new class of medications has transformed the treatment of obesity. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro work primarily by reducing appetite, helping people eat less and…
Petrojam Refinery.
March 10, 2026

Editorial | The Petrojam question

At least once each year since the release of the Christopher Zacca report in 2019, this newspaper has asked for clarity on, or a least serious public discussion of, the Government’s intention for the…
Doctors form up during a farewell ceremony as they get ready to leave for Italy to help with the new coronavirus pandemic, in Havana, Cuba, in April 2020.
March 10, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Fair weather friends

News broke on Thursday that, after fifty years, Government discontinued its medical cooperation program with Cuba. Foreign Affairs Ministry announced “…both governments were unable to agree on the…