Commentary
May 6, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | Foreign policy dilemma facing CARICOM member states
A US State Department press release of April 28 was quite enlightening. It was a joint statement in support of Panama’s sovereignty issued jointly by the US, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, and…
May 6, 2026
Maziki Thame | Education for a better Jamaica
Many Jamaicans are deeply concerned and are therefore engaged in a debate about our need to build a better society. We may not all agree on what that society should look like, but many believe the…
May 5, 2026
Editorial | Move to bodycam reset
Anyone who had a contrary interpretation of Horace Chang’s original remark ought to accept his explanation that he was either misquoted, or taken out of context, in reports saying that the current…
May 5, 2026
Michael McAnuff-Jones and Howard Mitchell | NaRRA: towards a middle model - securing speed through collaborative governance
Jamaica stands at a pivotal moment of national reconstruction. The proposed National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) has been envisioned by the Government as an “implementation…
May 5, 2026
Gordon Robinson | The essence of leadership
In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland, Promises Not Performance (PNP) Leader, Bark Balding, considered putting Oma D’unn’s number on speed dial.
Readers remember Oma whose consultancy firm, Oma…
May 4, 2026
Editorial | CARICOM’s aid to Cuba
Donald Trump’s latest sanctions against Cuba have rightly drawn questions about the status of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) plan to provide humanitarian assistance to their regional…
May 4, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | The ‘would have’ culture
Why the subjunctive? Did you or didn’t you do what you are saying you ‘would have’? The now everyday manner of speech (especially in official circles) is not just linguistic clutter. It reflects a…
May 4, 2026
Eric Falt | Incredible shrinking of the news media
Each year on May 3, World Press Freedom Day and UNESCO invite reflection on the role of journalism in sustaining open, informed societies. In the Caribbean, this reflection carries urgency because the…
May 3, 2026
Editorial | NaRRA and Malahoo Forte
The real winner in last week’s parliamentary debate on the bill to establish the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) was Marlene Malahoo Forte. Jamaicans lost. Or they didn’t…