Commentary
August 19, 2026
Norris McDonald | Who watches JDF’s ‘Big Yeye’ while it a watch we?
“ You can shackle the feet of men, But you can never chain their minds!” – Marcus Garvey Jamaica is rushing natty headfirst into a high-tech surveillance era, tracking citizens with biometric…
August 18, 2026
Editorial | CCJ: evening the keel
Justice Winston Anderson has, at least in the short term, effectively defanged fellow judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), who were scathing about his leadership of the court. By ruling…
August 18, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Promises, promises everywhere; not a drop more water
Another year; another drought! Another summer another set of water restrictions and lock-offs despite 18-24 inches (in extreme amounts up to 40 inches) of rainwater delivered by Hurricane Melissa last…
August 18, 2026
Michael Abrahams | Jamaica deserves a better Opposition
When we speak of “governance”, attention naturally centres on the governing party, which holds the reins of power and makes decisions that affect the populace. Yet, the Opposition has an equally…
August 17, 2026
Editorial | Beyond Coopers Pen
The heart-wrenching Coopers Pen affair, in which dozens of homes that illegally occupied private land were demolished by the property’s owner, wasn’t a singular matter. Variations of this issue have…
August 17, 2026
David Comissiong | The Caribbean Court of Justice explained
Recently, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has been dominating news headlines across our Caribbean region – for all the wrong reasons. But the unfortunate reality is that most of our people do not…
August 17, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | One to survive, two to thrive …
Of the more than 30 Grade 10 girls in a particular high school, only four came from married-parent households. Another six said they lived with their unmarried mothers and fathers. The rest were being…
August 17, 2026
Lothan Cousins | Coopers Pen and why it matters who governs Jamaica
At about three o’clock on the morning of August 11, residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny woke to find police, bulldozers and the destruction of homes that some families had occupied for decades. By…
August 17, 2026
Gurjit Singh | India’s space sector: Launchpad for global partnerships
Growing competition in outer space provides India with a unique opportunity to shape a narrative in which collaboration, rather than confrontation, drives space exploration. Recognised as a…