Commentary
February 2, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Facing uncomfortable truths
Leroy, a 14-year-old yout’ from the hills of Westmoreland was talked about in Parliament last week. He has been getting $2,000 a week during term time from the church his mother attends to help with…
February 2, 2026
Omar Sweeney | Planning for Jamaica’s infrastructure resilience
The passage of Hurricane Melissa last October has put Jamaica’s infrastructure resilience, especially in the built environment, front and centre. Jamaica, as a small island developing state (SIDS),…
February 2, 2026
María Rodríguez Domínguez | Beyond growth: the role of the State in reducing poverty in Mexico
The recent reduction of poverty in Mexico challenges the idea that economic growth, on its own, leads to social progress. In a regional context marked by economic slowdown and persistent inequality,…
February 2, 2026
Nand C. Bardouille | CARICOM’s inflection point
On January 30, along with a team that included Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Carla Barnett, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Terrance Drew paid an official visit to Trinidad and…
February 1, 2026
Editorial | Grasp alumina possibilities
As was announced last week, for the first time in nearly half a century, a new primary aluminium smelter is being built in the United States. This is not just an American industrial story. It carries…
February 1, 2026
Howard Mitchell and Michael McAnuff-Jones | Jamaican Covenant: A blueprint for moral revolution
This collaborative opinion piece has been penned after extensive thought sharing and discussions with a group of concerned senior church leaders who are members and leaders of a pastors association,…
February 1, 2026
Trevor Hamilton and Byron Blake | Jamaica’s readiness for economic sovereignty
The global economy has rotated 360 degrees in the last 100 years. Soon, economic winners will be countries with nuclear or military power or with economic sovereignty. While small countries cannot…
February 1, 2026
Garth Rattray | Patient care is a team effort
On January 25, the Medical Council of Jamaica hosted their Annual Ethics and Mental Health Webinar. The speakers were Ethicist Dr. Shereen Cox, professor of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance…
February 1, 2026
Orville Taylor | Women smarts in Parliament
Men who grew up close to their mothers and those in long term residential relationships have no problem with female leadership. Last week in Parliament, two women, each of whose name might relate to…