Commentary

Francesca Tavares, Attorney-at-Law
March 20, 2026

Francesca Tavares | Why Jamaica needs a Land Reformation Act

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has reached a point of systemic exhaustion. In 2026, the Trust functions less like a social safety net and more like a mortgage bank for the middle class and a surplus…
March 20, 2026

Leroy Fearon | Happiness in the shadow of war: finding light in fractured times

Today, as the world observes International Day of Happiness, the celebration feels, for many, both necessary and paradoxical. How do we speak of happiness when headlines are saturated with conflict,…
People watch the sunset from the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026.
March 19, 2026

Editorial | CARICOM dithers on Cuba

As the Cuban economy crumbles and the future of his revolution grows increasingly fragile under the weight of America’s pressure, the jury remains out on Fidel Castro’s expectation of being absolved…
Raslan Abu Rukun is Israel’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic, and a non-resident ambassador to Antigua-Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, Haiti, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis.
March 19, 2026

Raslan Abu Rukun | Iran: why and why now?

Why Operation Roaring Lion was essential and why it was launched now are best understood by looking at the Iranian regime’s past and present behaviour. A quick peek at what could be its future if left…
Anthropic diagram
March 19, 2026

Basil Jarrett | What future are we schooling our children for?

It’s a thought that should frighten every parent in 2026: The fact that their child is excelling in exactly the kind of work that a machine is learning to do faster, cheaper and without needing a…
March 19, 2026

Leroy Fearon | More care, less cost: NHF expands coverage for Jamaicans

In a significant and people-centred advancement in public healthcare, the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF), has…
Senior Superintendent of Police Damion S. Manderson, Commander of the St. Andrew South Police Division
March 19, 2026

SSP Damion S. Manderson | Today’s solution, tomorrow’s problem…If we do nothing

A few years ago I had a lecturer whose profound words resonate with me to this day: “many of today’s solutions will prove to be tomorrow’s problems”. Jamaica continues to grapple with the painful…
Minister in charge of works, Robert Morgan.
March 18, 2026

Editorial | The dilemma of roads

Robert Morgan’s remarks at the recent World Bank round table on infrastructure suggest that the Holness administration is pushing ahead with its plan for a new agency to manage and repair Jamaica’s …
An anti-air interceptor drone designed to destroy Russian attack drones from the Ukrainian company General Cherry is seen during a demonstration in Kyiv region, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
March 18, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Death merchants – producers and exporters of arms, ammunition

“ There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.” – Union General, William T. Sherman, American Civil War, 1861-1865