Commentary
01 Oct, 2026
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Chelan Smith | The opposition is paying attention … someone else isn’t
In an article in August - “Back to Square One” - Peter Espeut asked whether the People’s National Party was bothered by the Government’s abandonment of procurement guidelines or whether it was “just…
30 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Sparrow: The King lives
In one of his later interviews, Slinger Francisco, known to the world as the Mighty Sparrow, said of calypsonians: “We are the self-appointed mouthpiece of the under-privileged.” Sparrow’s voice was…
30 Sep, 2026
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Dean Jones | Safety, justice and home
Jamaica’s latest argument over illegal firearms is taking place in courtrooms, Parliament and the legal profession, but its consequences reach much further. They reach into communities where families…
30 Sep, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | The real estate of genocide: gas, greed and Trump’s Gaza plan
Wars are not inevitable. Neither is the systematic starvation of working-class people, the destruction of sovereign nations, or mass displacement. These are not tragic accidents of history; they are…
30 Sep, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Jamaica’s declining goods exports: can it be turned around?
T he Gleaner recently had two editorials referring to Jamaica’s increasing trade deficit and declining goods exports as reported by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). In 2025, Jamaica…
29 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Engage on non-profit law
If the whispers are correct, in the coming month, the government will bring to Parliament new legislation covering non-profit organisations (NPOs), or an overhaul of the Charities Act, under which…
29 Sep, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | Jamaica has a salary problem, but we keep calling it a cost of living problem
There is a conversation Jamaica needs to have, and it is not simply about the rising cost of living. It is about the falling value of work. Every week, Jamaicans go to work, collect salaries, pay…
29 Sep, 2026
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Shari-Ann Henry | A legal duty to report domestic violence?
Too often, another story emerges of a woman murdered by her intimate partner, a child subjected to prolonged abuse, or a man suffering violence in silence. Neighbours later admit that they heard…
29 Sep, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Happy goes the lucky
It never ceases to amaze me how difficult political sycophants find it to argue political issues without attaching political labels. This dysfunction’s best example is online comment on media reports…