Commentary
27 Aug, 2026
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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…
26 Aug, 2026
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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…
26 Aug, 2026
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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…
26 Aug, 2026
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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…
26 Aug, 2026
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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…
25 Aug, 2026
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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…
25 Aug, 2026
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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…
25 Aug, 2026
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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…
25 Aug, 2026
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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…