Commentary
March 19, 2026
Michael Abrahams | Thank you, Cubans
Over the past 60 years, Cuba has deployed over 400,000 health workers across 164 countries to mitigate short-term crises, and for long-term arrangements, as part of the Government’s Foreign Medical…
March 17, 2026
Digital tax or digital balance?
Jamaica has stepped into a global debate. The Government’s plan to apply General Consumption Tax (GCT) to digital services supplied from overseas but used in Jamaica has sparked questions about…
March 16, 2026
Editorial | Waiting for transformation
The 2026/27 Budget Speech by Minister Fayval Williams was to a large extent an update on the post Hurricane Melissa recovery plans. It told a good story about surviving a great shock, restoring…
March 16, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Weak foundations
Last Thursday, I met Bobby at Newell High School in St Elizabeth. After two years in a basic school and six years at primary level, Bobby was placed in Grade 7 at Newell, 20 miles away and a $800…
March 16, 2026
Lloyd Barnett | Combating corruption
Corruption has a corrosive influence on the machinery of government. For several decades, the issue of corruption in public offices has received widespread public attention and frequent intense…
March 16, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Our storms, their emissions
Across the Caribbean and parts of South America, the sound of approaching storms has become all too familiar. For many young people in these regions, climate change is no longer an abstract discussion…
March 16, 2026
David Comissiong | United we stand, divided we fall
In recent times we have been hearing the curious notion being peddled that it is not necessary for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to have agreement or convergence on their foreign policy…
March 15, 2026
Editorial | Matters for the prime minister
When Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaks in the Budget Debate this week, there are two issues which this newspaper wants him to place on his list of priorities to be addressed. And, preferably, he…
March 15, 2026
Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 2
The greatest contributing factors to our falling total fertility rate (TFR) are economic hardship and little or no expectation / hope for a better future.