Commentary

January 30, 2026

Kristen Gyles | Pretty privilege is real

It is very interesting how differently we treat people simply based on how they look. Here, I am not just using the word ‘we’ in a general sense. Every single person is guilty of some prejudice in…
AI is already shaping special education planning, personnel preparation and assessment. One example is the individualized education program, or IEP, the primary instrument for guiding which services a child receives. An IEP draws on a range of assessments
January 30, 2026

Seth King | Resource-strapped special educators turn to AI…often unaware of the risks

Funding is scarce and personnel shortages are pervasive in special education, leaving many schools struggling to hire qualified and willing practitioners. Amid these long-standing challenges, there is…
Delroy Chuck, minister of justice and constitutional affairs, notes that in the event of the death of the witnesses to a will – or if they can no longer be located – a will should be rewritten.
January 29, 2026

Editorial | New approach to jury law

The government was right to halt the parliamentary debate on amendments to the Jury Act given the several philosophical tensions inherent in some of the proposed changes. However, the administration…
A man holds a map of Greenland covered in the American flag crossed out with an X during a protest against Trump’s policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, January 17, 2026.
January 29, 2026

Adekeye Adebajo | Pax Americana: More continuity than change

The United States’ abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his subsequent transfer to New York to face drug-trafficking charges has inflicted grave damage on the United Nations-centred…
US President Donald Trump looks on as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks on stage at the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, December 5, 2025.
January 29, 2026

Lance Neita | World Cup under pressure

When the referee blows his whistle at 1 p.m. on June 11 to kick off the 2026 World Cup football tournament in the Estadio Azteca, Mexico, it will be the start of four weeks of football excitement that…
Kijana Johnson, People's National Party Councillor for the Race Course Division in Clarendon South Western
January 29, 2026

Kijana Johnson | One Road Authority must be rejected

The Government of Jamaica has announced plans to create a One Road Authority, a centralised mega agency that would absorb the National Works Agency (NWA) and the parochial road units within Municipal…
“When a country experiences repeated severe weather events, the question cannot simply be how quickly we repair damage. It must be whether we are upgrading the systems that failed”: Dean Jones, founder of Jamaica Homes.
January 29, 2026

Housing discrimination abroad raises questions for Jamaica’s rental market

Recent findings from France showing that nearly half of real estate agencies enabled racial discrimination in housing access have sparked predictable outrage. In France, such practices are illegal,…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, Belgium, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
January 28, 2026

Editorial | Move quickly on settlements regime

In remarks little noticed outside of Europe, Aurore Lalucq, the chair of the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee, warned last week of the dangers of the European Union’s…
The graphic combination above highlights four graphics that analyse the impact of U.S. tariffs this year.
January 28, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Tariffs as an instrument of coercion

Since 2024, this column has been addressing the tariff proposals from the Trump administration, moving from a system of free trade to protectionism applying tariffs. From April 2025, a 10 per cent…