Commentary
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…
August 15, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Haiti – Stop the money flow to organised crime
Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten simply because it no longer features regularly in international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310…
August 14, 2026
Editorial | PM Gaston Browne must apologise
It is unfortunate that Gaston Browne’s attempted walk-back of his assault on the judiciary this week did not include an unambiguous apology for his threat to deport and declare persona non grata a…
August 14, 2026
Peter Espeut | Can leopards change their spots?
Knowledge of history provides insights into the present and peeks into the future. I hope this little excursus is of interest. In 1823, James Monroe, the fifth US president (1817-1825), declared US…
August 14, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Reading more than just the headline
Increasingly, I have been noticing a trend: people do not read anymore.