Commentary
May 13, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Missing men at the lectern: rebalancing Jamaica’s higher education
Each year, Education Week in Jamaica invites reflection on progress, innovation, and the transformative power of learning. This year, however, the conversation must extend beyond celebration to…
May 12, 2026
Editorial | On NaRRA watch
he potential tragedy of the Government’s decision to ram through the legislation to establish the National Reconstruction and Reliance Authority (NaRRA) is that it might cause the opposite of what the…
May 12, 2026
Gordon Robinson | How to glorify disorder
Angela Brown-Burke decided to defend charges of misconduct and contempt for Parliament with obfuscation.
Lest we forget this all began when Angela, in an egregious act of parliamentary misconduct,…
May 12, 2026
Michael Abrahams | The bill, the Speaker and the mace
The recently approved National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) Bill seeks to eliminate bureaucratic red tape to enable rapid rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. However,…
May 10, 2026
Editorial | Fixing UHWI
Chris Tufton’s review committee is probably right that fixes to the legislation under which The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) operates, including streamlining some board positions,…
May 10, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Inadequacies of education
“Education system reproducing economic and social injustice,” said Maziki Thame in her recent contribution in the Senate. Tragically, she is right. But nobody has noticed. Instead a tizzy about…
May 10, 2026
Lloyd Barnett | CHALLENGES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES - Educating and engaging the electorate
Constitutional reform is usually a highly contentious and complex subject. There are often diverse views on critical subjects. Many proposals are put forward without any comprehensive research or…
May 9, 2026
Editorial | Safeguarding children from abuse
There is no gainsaying that children and adolescents in Jamaica live under significant stress, often existing in the proximity of violence and other forms of abuse – or being the victims of…
May 10, 2026
Editorial | Grasping India’s pivot
Last week’s visit to Jamaica by India’s external affairs minister, Dr S Jaishankar, should be read as more than diplomatic reflex – or a nicety to a now peripheral country of the Girmitiya, the…