Commentary

Gleaner editorial writes: The decline of Jonkonnu in Moore Town should be taken seriously and urgent and innovative steps taken to preserve it and other dying cultural expressions. If these traditions fade, revival may be too late.
December 27, 2025

Editorial | Preserving Jamaica’s living culture

The recent report on the decline of Jonkonnu celebrations in Moore Town is unsettling, and it should be for Jamaicans alike, especially those who are passionate about the country’s deep-rooted…
December 27, 2025

Tony Deyal | Christmas for a better new year

First of all, I should have gone earlier to put things together and make sure they worked, demanded and liked by my wife especially. Unfortunately, I waited too long. Going into the weekend…
This 2020 photo shows students preparing to write exit examinations (CXC, NCTVET and City & Guilds) at Tarrant High School.
December 27, 2025

Najae Murray | Strengthening TVET accreditation for national development

Jamaica’s economy depends on a workforce ready for change. Yet, our technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system remains segmented. A unified, high-standard accreditation framework is…
CARICOM Heads of Government pose for a group photo at the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
December 26, 2025

Editorial | Early CARICOM summit

If that is indeed their intent, Antigua and Barbuda should abandon any plan to promote a boycott – whether domestically or region-wide – of imports from Trinidad and Tobago (TT).
File photo.
December 26, 2025

Peter Espeut | Sweetheart deals and bastard capitalism

I read with great interest the article in The Gleaner of Monday, December 22, by Winsome Callum, director of corporate communications at the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) as she tried to…
The 2025 New Year’s Eve numerals are displayed in Times Square in New York.
December 26, 2025

Kristen Gyles | Starting at 2:41 on a Friday afternoon

Welcome to the first day of ‘Twixmas’. ‘Twixmas’ is a relatively new term to describe the transitional period betwixt Christmas and the New Year. It’s that awkward period where people don’t quite…
December 24, 2025

Editorial | Free press, democracy won

Even though significant gaps remain in the justice system, the Jamaican courts are emerging as an important bulwark against actions – whether by private citizens or state officials – that would weaken…
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
December 24, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | At Christmas, friction in CARICOM – T&T versus the rest

We are in Christmas week, a period that should be about joy, hope, generosity, peace and love. There has been a very strange build up to this Christmas. There has been the lingering pall of the…
Water poverty is not just inconvenience; it’s a matter of life and death
December 24, 2025

Norris McDonald | Climate change, water poverty and rural crises we neglect!

Jamaica’s chronic water shortage in rural communities and the impact of neglect on food security is a ticking time bomb. Are we ready to address the crisis, or will history continue to repeat itself?…