Commentary
21 Sep, 2026
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Dean Jones | Higher landlord costs could push Jamaican rents up
The next squeeze on Jamaican renters may begin somewhere they rarely look, not with the monthly rent notice, but with the cost of owning and maintaining the property itself.
20 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Unclogging the justice system
The intervention by prosecutor Janek Forbes into the debate over the insufficient use of plea bargaining in Jamaica expands the opportunity for a fulsome review of the reasons, including how the…
20 Sep, 2026
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Mariame McIntosh Robinson | Is Jamaica facing a human capital crisis or opportunity?
A challenge often cited by businesses is access to capital, and Jamaica has made significant advances in deepening its sources of equity capital, while banks continue to be a staple of the financial…
20 Sep, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Worrying suicide rate
One of my favourite callers on Radio Jamaica 94 FM Hotline, in his usual fashion, pulled an item of national significance from the news. The topic was suicide, and the story appeared in the Jamaica…
20 Sep, 2026
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Garth Rattray | My views on reparations for slavery
Culture Minister Olivia Grange led a Jamaican delegation to London to hand-deliver a petition addressed to King Charles III, asking him to “refer three legal questions to the Judicial Committee of the…
20 Sep, 2026
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Byron Blake | What does ‘consultation’ mean for the victims of Hurricane Melissa?
Consultation. A most-used, perhaps abused, term in modern democracies and media. Politicians and policymakers claim that they are always involved in it. Constituents are always demanding it. But…
19 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Encourage mediation and restorative justice
As Jamaica prepares to observe International Peace Day on Monday, this week’s reiteration by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck of his years-old proposal for a major expansion of conflict mediation…
19 Sep, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Cocoa tea
(This is to remember the great Colvin George Scott, the best Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, born on September 3, 1949, and who died on March 11, 2025. And Zeno Obi Constance is by far the…
19 Sep, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money
Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies, and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in…