Commentary
May 31, 2026
Clive Foster | Britain was seen as the mother country – then it told them they didn't belong
For a generation of Jamaicans, Britain was not a foreign country. Like my own parents, it was seen as the mother country. It was spoken of with familiarity, even affection. A place where opportunity…
May 31, 2026
Orville Taylor | Natural justice again?
If lawyers cannot get it right; then how can we truly safeguard the administration of justice in this country? Monday was the end of Workers’ Week and the celebration of Labour Day. Activities…
May 31, 2026
Garth Rattray | Who must die, NWA?
There is a community in St. Mary, near Ian Flemming International Airport, where the main thoroughfare joins the [busy] North Coast Highway. To the left of the intersection is a blind corner. To the…
May 30, 2026
Editorial | Conservation of bees
In Jamaica, it is not often that bees crop up in strategic discussions about agriculture, food security or environmental protection.
Yet, the insect is important to all of these. It is why,…
May 30, 2026
Tony Deyal | Cricket tests and quadrennial football
In Barbados, a great ICC World Best Championship was about to happen just as I became a World Health Organisation communications advisor, there and I was happy to restart a column. I wrote about the…
May 29, 2026
Nand C. Bardouille | Why CARICOM’s diplomatic nadir lingers
A closely watched recent meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers called for the bloc’s member states to lean into “unified action” in the face of what its Secretary-General Carla…
May 29, 2026
Irina D. Manta | Proposed green card policy could wrongly assume legal immigrants are evading the law
More than half a million people rely every year on the ability to apply from within the United States for a green card, the government-issued ID that allows an immigrant to legally live and work in…
May 30, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Not charity, but repair: Response to Pope Leo’s slavery apology
Signed on May 15 and released on May 25, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal…
May 28, 2026
Editorial | Rebuilding values
Few people will be surprised by the findings of a more-than-year-old survey – some of which were released this week – showing that a significant share of Jamaicans is willing to use shortcuts to get…