Commentary
August 20, 2026
Editorial | JamaicaEye regulation
This newspaper has long supported the deployment of closed-circuit cameras in public spaces as tools to help fight and deter crime. When a crime takes place and the incident is recorded, that video…
August 20, 2026
Ashleigh Onfroy | Bridging educational inequality in secondary schools
There is consensus among social scientists that education is the most critical vehicle for development. Among its by-products are employment, social stability and character formation. However, in…
August 20, 2026
Hugh Wong | Don’t wait – resuscitate: Why every Jamaican must learn CPR
We are taught from an early age how to wait. Waiting is a part of our day-to-day lives, whether it is sitting in traffic or standing in line to buy something. However, when it comes to cardiac arrest,…
August 19, 2026
Editorial | Mandate rainwater harvesting
With two major water transmission and distribution projects under way on Jamaica’s north and south coasts, the government expects that, over the next three years, the island’s periodic water crises…
August 19, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Mindset without discipline is still wishful thinking
In recent years, "mindset" has become one of the most celebrated concepts in personal and professional development. Bookstores are filled with titles promising to transform our thinking,…
August 19, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | Kingston and St Andrew’s water woes: an impending crisis
This feels like the hottest summer ever experienced in Kingston and St Andrew to date, although the records say that, generally, 2023 was much hotter. This year, Jamaica is experiencing the effects of…
August 19, 2026
Norris McDonald | Who watches JDF’s ‘Big Yeye’ while it a watch we?
“ You can shackle the feet of men, But you can never chain their minds!” – Marcus Garvey Jamaica is rushing natty headfirst into a high-tech surveillance era, tracking citizens with biometric…
August 18, 2026
Editorial | CCJ: evening the keel
Justice Winston Anderson has, at least in the short term, effectively defanged fellow judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), who were scathing about his leadership of the court. By ruling…
August 18, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Promises, promises everywhere; not a drop more water
Another year; another drought! Another summer another set of water restrictions and lock-offs despite 18-24 inches (in extreme amounts up to 40 inches) of rainwater delivered by Hurricane Melissa last…