Commentary
August 28, 2026
Editorial | Why pension hiccups?
This week’s report by The Gleaner on two former district constables who are yet to be fully on the pension roll several years after retirement highlights an old problem that successive governments…
August 28, 2026
Peter Espeut | One-sided treaties and reciprocity
And so, two weeks ago (August 12), Jamaica’s Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang, signed a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth…
August 28, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Beaches are free ... almost everywhere else in the Caribbean
Right now, at the beach behind one of Jamaica’s most prominent hotels, a hotel guest is about to bump into the floating boundary marker in the water, put there to prevent them from straying on to the…
August 27, 2026
Editorial | Urgency on CARICOM SG matter
Although the firm was not named, the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) reported employment of outside counsel to marshal its request for an advisory opinion from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)…
August 27, 2026
Basil Jarrett | Baby bonuses alone won’t fix this mess
Two weeks ago, I argued in these pages that Jamaica’s falling birth rate is partly a symptom of the financial and economic burden of having children and more a reflection of the quality, or lack…
August 27, 2026
Ruthlyn James | This old house once knew my child
Across Jamaica today, a home is becoming increasingly fragile. Disasters and poverty weaken our ability to hold on to it. A bank can repossess it, or a bulldozer can reduce it to rubble. And now, in…
August 26, 2026
Editorial | Conversation on the drought
As the aphorism goes, it’s better late than never. So, while Jamaica’s policymakers may have fumbled the earlier opportunity, there are compelling reasons to still act on Professor Michael Taylor’s…
August 26, 2026
Francesca Tavares | Cooper’s Pen and the making of a garrison
A FAMILIAR QUESTION OF IDENTITY History does not repeat itself, but as the old saying goes, it often rhymes. We are watching the slow assembly of a second Cold War, with smaller states, Jamaica among…
August 26, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | What a time of trials!
It seems that every day there is another drama unfolding somewhere in the world. Climate is a major issue as many countries cope with unprecedented heat. Here in Jamaica, we are hoping and praying for…