Commentary
June 14, 2026
Editorial | Chuck, CCJ and Sir Shridath
Two statements by Delroy Chuck in Parliament last week are in need of clarification, and perhaps, with respect to the second, a correction of the record.
In his contribution to the sector debates,…
June 14, 2026
Trevor Munroe | Alongside 'supporting oversight’, improve efficiency, strengthen accountability
‘Supporting oversight’ is how The Gleaner editorial of June 2, summed up former Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s remarks at a recent Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal symposium. Golding’s comments…
June 14, 2026
Danielle Archer | Jamaica’s democratic test has already begun
There are moments in a nation’s life when the air feels heavier than the headlines. Jamaica is in one of those moments now, a moment when the public can sense that something deeper than a policy…
June 14, 2026
Garth Rattray | Jamaica needs permanent emergency shelters
We are once again in the dreaded hurricane season. It begins on June 1 and ends on November 30 each year. After the utter devastation, in parts of central and western Jamaica, wrought by Hurricane…
June 14, 2026
Orville Taylor | To be global, host must be neutral
Proud I am that the only UN body that is headquartered in a developing country is in Jamaica. It is a big deal. Other UN organs, such as the WHO and the ILO, are based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a…
June 13, 2026
Editorial | Lessons from Cox’s Bazar
It isn’t a name that’s familiar to the people of Jamaica, or the wider Caribbean –Cox’s Bazar.
Cox’s Bazar is a 13 square kilometre tent city in Bangladesh. The people who live there, 1.2 million…
June 13, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Why the Commonwealth matters again
Small and medium-size states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle-income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power…
June 13, 2026
Tony Deyal | From the calypsonians - rolling goals or holes?
Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander), was a Trinidadian calypsonian best known for ‘singles such as Boo Boo Man, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Shame & Scandal, Jonah and the Bake, Juanita,…
June 12, 2026
Peter Espeut | Raiding the house money
I remember clearly when the National Housing Trust (NHT) was established in 1976; I was in my 20s.
In 1975 the total national budget was roughly J$800 million, and Jamaica had an acute housing…