Commentary
03 Nov, 2026
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Shirley Botchwey, George Elombi and Pamela Coke-Hamilton | From Commonwealth connections to economic opportunity
Commonwealth leaders are gathered in Antigua and Barbuda where they are confronting rising trade tensions, geopolitical shocks and supply chain disruption alongside longstanding challenges such as…
03 Nov, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Lord deliver us
Jamaica abstained! Maybe you didn’t hear me. JAMAICA ABSTAINED! “From what?” Big Boy asked in the back. Lookie here. On October 28, 2026, a day that will live in infamy, after voting with the rest of…
03 Nov, 2026
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Dean Jones | Heaven’s Landlords
Ask who owns the most land on earth and most people reach for a king, a billionaire or a mining giant. Ask which institution owns the most land in the name of God and the answer is less glamorous,…
02 Nov, 2026
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Editorial | Funding CAFFE
You don’t have to admire Winston Churchill, or his hypocrisy over who deserved this form of government, to embrace the essential truth of his observation about democracy. “Many forms of government…
02 Nov, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Can Jamaica afford its government?
Can the economy support the cost of the State? That was the question posed by two economists last week in this space. Their data and reasoning are convincing. Their recommendations are unlikely to be…
02 Nov, 2026
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Tesha Prussia | Time to legislate against bullying
Childhood bullying is a grave breach of children’s rights and a serious public-health issue. The headlines surrounding classroom violence have not been positive since the new academic term began,…
02 Nov, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | The bully’s uniform
A recent bullying allegation involving a student at a Corporate Area high school, which reached television news, is disturbing, beyond the alleged act itself. According to the child’s mother, faeces…
01 Nov, 2026
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Editorial | Due process for public servants
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’s recent claim that his government’s programmes are being “sabotaged” by public servants should not be dismissed, as many of his critics have done, as rants of a…
01 Nov, 2026
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Don Robotham | SPARK or BOOST? STEAM or maths? Issues in educational reform
Recently, ETOC, the Education Transformation Oversight Committee, presented a progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Patterson Commission on Education Reform. According to…