Commentary
15 Sep, 2026
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Nand C Bardouille | At UN Summit, CARICOM to focus on global risks to bloc
The current crisis of multilateralism is causing undeniable harm to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc. This will likely be a common refrain among leaders of CARICOM member states when they gather…
15 Sep, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Outdoor learning, empathy, context and contrition
Hurricane Melissa damaged around 688 schools in Jamaica, with 313 severely affected. However, according to the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, only 57 priority-one schools…
15 Sep, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | The essence of thinking
In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland beyond the stars, the chatter was all about back-to-school. Difficulties proliferated. Urgently needed repairs for schools significantly damaged a year ago by…
15 Sep, 2026
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Dean Jones | England’s landlord register raises questions for Jamaica
England will begin registering private landlords and their rental properties on a national database from December 15, introducing a system intended to give tenants, councils and responsible property…
14 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | New prison a priority
There is need for greater clarity by the government on its plan to build a new, state-of-the-art prison, including timelines for construction and proposals for a public-private partnership for the…
14 Sep, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | To make things better
It was hard to watch a big youth cry in disappointment and shame last week at the start of the school year, especially in the presence of the parent who has invested so much of the little they had in…
14 Sep, 2026
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Raymond Pryce | Thermal economic tax report
Extreme heat is often treated as a weather problem. For climate-vulnerable economies, it is increasingly an economic one.
14 Sep, 2026
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Ronald Cañarte | Free healthcare: The paradox of Latin America
The consultation was over. So was the diagnosis. All that remained was to pick up the medication. “We don’t have it,” they told him at the hospital pharmacy. “You’ll have to buy it elsewhere.” For…
14 Sep, 2026
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Adekeye Adebajo | Is China really a champion of the Global South?
China often leans into its “developing country” status, portraying itself as a defender of the Global South’s interests and cultivating a close alliance with the Group of 77, which includes 134…