Commentary
August 17, 2026
Lothan Cousins | Coopers Pen and why it matters who governs Jamaica
At about three o’clock on the morning of August 11, residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny woke to find police, bulldozers and the destruction of homes that some families had occupied for decades. By…
August 17, 2026
Gurjit Singh | India’s space sector: Launchpad for global partnerships
Growing competition in outer space provides India with a unique opportunity to shape a narrative in which collaboration, rather than confrontation, drives space exploration. Recognised as a…
August 16, 2026
Editorial | What’s the new pact with the United States?
The Andrew Holness administration must provide further and better particulars on its reported “new military partnership” with the United States to fight alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean.…
August 16, 2026
Dennis Zulu | Jamaica’s digital future begins in the classroom
Jamaica has entered the final year of implementation of the Government of Jamaica and United Nations SDG Joint Programme on Digital Transformation for Education, a flagship initiative supported…
August 16, 2026
Douglas Orane | Jamaica’s source of competitive advantage in athletics
“How is it that Jamaican high school athletes go to the Penn Relays and consistently outperform North American teams that have vastly more financial resources?” This was a question asked of me…
August 16, 2026
Orville Taylor | I stand with Bert et al
If you missed it, never mind. It has no expiry date. On July 5, veteran attorney and pan-Africanist Bert Samuels launched the Kumasi Museum. The name, derived from the capital of Ghana’s Ashanti…
August 16, 2026
Garth Rattray | We are depleting and damaging our aquifers
There aren’t enough green spaces being provided and preserved. Urban development, expansion, deforestation, paving, and other changes to the land prevent rainfall from soaking into the ground. The…
August 15, 2026
Editorial | Empower youth to succeed
Jamaica’s youth, who comprise 28 per cent of the island’s population, remain disproportionately at risk. For example, at 11.7 per cent, youth unemployment is nearly three times the national average.…
August 15, 2026
Tony Deyal | Cats are funny too
Many years ago, I read about Shakespeare’s Hamlet when Polonius enjoined his son, Laertes, saying, “Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.” In other words, there is a very fine line dividing both…