Commentary

Francesca Tavares, Attorney-at-Law
April 7, 2026

Francesca Tavares | The slave trades the UN forgot

The United Nations’ recent resolution designating the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the “greatest historical evil” is a troubling exercise in historiographical reductionism – one that prioritises…
Ronald Thwaites writes: We are a follow-fashion people, and the model put before our children and all of us is that the supreme objective of life is to have my way and gain my advantage whoever else have to get jook.
April 6, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Way to go

“Me have some new zinc sheet a sell. You want it fi one a yu church memba dem whey house blow down?” That was the offer from one of the few recipients who had received his rebuilding grant last week.…
April 6, 2026

Carvell McLeary | Demise of the 40-hour workweek?

Is the 40-hour workweek, the sacred foundation of employment practices, at an end? Is it blasphemous to offer such words? As Jamaican businesses struggle with productivity concerns, culture and…
April 6, 2026

Greta Merrill | Let’s make our soil great again

If I told you that most of the world’s food supply is grown on just three to six inches of dirt, you’d probably think that I was crazy. But that’s exactly why our top soil is so important. Top soil is…
This image taken from video provided by NASA shows the Artemis II crew (from left) Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover, as they speak with NASA Mission C
April 4, 2026

Editorial | Humanity’s quest to reach the Moon and beyond

History was repeated on the evening of April 1 when Artemis II, carrying four astronauts, lifted off for a 10-day journey around the Moon – more than five decades after the first human landed on…
Jamaica's coach Rudolph Speid at a news conference ahead of a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match against DR Congo, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
April 4, 2026

Editorial | Name criteria for the new coach

Despite his parsing of the issue, there seems little doubt that Rudolph Speid harbours the ambition of a permanent appointment as Jamaica’s national football coach. This newspaper makes no judgement…
Richard Byles, governor of Bank of Jamaica.
April 4, 2026

Editorial | Listen to Richard Byles

Richard Byles, the governor of Jamaica’s central bank, may have addressed the broad principle, without specific entities in mind. But his call last week for strong boards at financial companies was…
Danielle Archer
April 5, 2026

Danielle Archer | Jamaica’s unspoken emergency

Jamaica does not suffer from a shortage of coastline. We suffer from a shortage of leaders willing to defend the people’s right to it. Across the Caribbean, we have perfected a leadership culture…
Sir Alexander Bustamante (centre), prime minister of Jamaica, is seen at Piarco Airport terminal building with Eric Williams (right), prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago. In the background are Donald Sangster (left) and Arthur Brown .
April 4, 2026

Tony Deyal | Cane is a slaver – yes, no, or done dead already?

On the 45th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Eric Eustace Williams, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago At my age, 80 plus, I still don’t know if sugar cane is a fruit, a grass, a vegetable, a…