Commentary
March 13, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Keep Miss Bev’s pension safe
The finance minister opened the budget debate by announcing some interesting reforms to the financial sector. These were largely regulatory reforms intended to widen the universe of investable assets…
March 12, 2026
Editorial | IFC and noisy MPs
Apart from their partisan desk-thumping, an unfortunate feature of Jamaica’s legislators is how little attention they pay to, and therefore know about, the bills upon which they vote. They generally…
March 12, 2026
Africka Stephens | Tomato juice in schools? A right step in school nutrition
March is officially observed as Nutrition Month, a time when national attention turns to the critical link between what we eat and how we live. It is therefore both fitting and forward-thinking that…
March 12, 2026
SSP Diaries | The threat regime débâcle?
Following the forceful removal of President Maduro of Venezuela, and the huge public outcry from strong US allies across the globe, the US Administration has experienced something unexpected in the…
March 12, 2026
If Jamaica strikes oil
Jamaica cannot afford to drift through this moment with polite language, soft thinking, or the usual habit of celebrating possibility before securing substance. There is a serious conversation now…
March 11, 2026
Editorial | Rare earths and more
While the economic feasibility of extracting rare earth elements (REE) from bauxite residue is still unattained, Phillip Paulwell is right about Jamaica needing to do the work to put itself in a…
March 11, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | Another war in a complex, volatile region: fulfilling prophecy?
The international news is dominated by the current Iran war initiated by Israel and the USA on Saturday, February 28. The USA was assembling its military in the region following its mission in…
March 11, 2026
Offniel Lamont | Call to address obesity
Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity in the Caribbean has more than doubled, making it the hardest-hit region in the Americas. In 2022, 8.6 per cent of children under five years old were…
March 11, 2026
Claudio Villanueva | Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies
Over the past few years, a new class of medications has transformed the treatment of obesity. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro work primarily by reducing appetite, helping people eat less and…