Commentary
August 26, 2026
Peta-Gay Ferguson | What has happened to the national squatter management policy?
Following the recent demolition of 20 houses in Coopers Pen, Trelawny, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness announced on August 17 that the Government will develop a programme to address irregularly…
August 25, 2026
Editorial | The legitimate war on drugs
The Gleaner shares National Security Minister Horace Chang’s concern over the surge of cocaine seizures in Jamaica, which suggests a resurgence in the use of the island as a transshipment hub for…
August 25, 2026
Michael Abrahams | Political weird stuff
Over the past few weeks, I inadvertently conducted a social experiment of sorts. I wrote newspaper articles and social media posts criticising both major political parties, the Jamaica Labour Party…
August 25, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Memories by the score
In the wee hours of March 24, 2021, two days before her birthday, the Old Ball and Chain received a phone call that broke our hearts. Initially it was Liz on the phone. But she wasn’t able to continue…
August 25, 2026
Janiel McEwan | Earning the chair: Dr Brian Langrin and the long apprenticeship of a Jamaican economist
I read the news the way most Jamaicans probably did, on a phone screen, in the middle of an ordinary Monday. The Gleaner's report was short, businesslike, the kind of article that states a…
August 24, 2026
Editorial | The fix for squatting
Coming so quickly after the Coopers Pen incident, last week’s vow by long-term occupiers of the Jacob Taylor Beach in Trelawny to resist their planned eviction by a state agency should concentrate the…
August 24, 2026
Wayne Campbell | Legacy of enslavement, exploitation, and colonial rule reverberates to this day
"It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to recognize the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual. Today, let us remember the victims and freedom…
August 24, 2026
Sir Hilary Beckles | The death of Professor Arday
End of Arday’s Days Oh, what a hard day! Jason jettisoned from an ancient throne Stoned and thrown A bridge, ‘ca’m’ caustic waters What a bleeding blue day! Bright Knight, brutus knives …
August 24, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Saving ourselves
Prime Minister Holness made a good speech at the opening of the Alpha Mercy Historical Centre on August 18. He acknowledged that, long before state intervention in mass social welfare, churches and…