Commentary

Ambassador Curtis Ward
December 10, 2025

Curtis Ward | Be vigilant: expose corruption in hurricane relief and recovery

Saying there are significant concerns by many in Jamaica and in the diaspora that the government on its own cannot be trusted to distribute hurricane relief without bias and favour would be an…
A client in the new SLB office.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Income-linked student loans

The Government’s movement to implement its so-called debt-reset programme for student borrowers will be of unquestionable value to the debtors, especially in an economically difficult post-hurricane…
In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 9, 2025

Michael Abrahams | We must demand broad-based oversight

Oversight is a crucial tool in governance for ensuring accountability, transparency and effectiveness. It enables adherence to rules and laws and, in doing so, acts as a vital check-and-balance to…
Gordon Robinson writes: You’ve nothing to learn from your successes. But your failures are your best teachers.
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Family is everything

Recently, I’ve been forced to remember life’s meaning which has nothing to do with success or failure. Because I understand the real meaning of life, I don’t think about my successes especially as…
Jimmy Cliff in Zambia in 1982. Pictured are: (from left) President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia; Jimmy Cliff, and Mumba Kapumpa, Director of the Zambian Arts Council. Seated behind President Kaunda is Sam Nujoma, then leader of the SWAPO liberation movement a
December 9, 2025

Sousa Jamba | Jimmy Cliff’s African Legacy

There was, in the life of Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican now at rest, a quiet marvel: perhaps he never suspected how deeply his voice penetrated anonymous lives across the world, including my own. For many…
Professor Augustine John, Human Rights campaigner and Honorary Fellow at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London.
December 9, 2025

Professor Gus John | A marriage made in hell

November 2025 was 60 years since the Race Relations Act of 1965 came into force. That act is acknowledged as the first piece of legislation in the United Kingdom to address the prohibition of racial…
CWI president Dr Kishore Shallow.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Kishore Shallow must go

Kishore Shallow, the president of Cricket West Indies, clearly doesn’t get it.
File photo
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Surviving the crisis

Before October 28 when powerful Hurricane Melissa wrecked the west of the island, Jamaica was on a path of modest, but encouraging, recovery from the impact of hurricane Beryl of 2024. Inflation had…
In this file photo, a group of students is seen standing at their school gate.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Astonishing turnarounds

There is one state in the US where they calculate the number of prison cells needed in 15 years time by checking the number of male students leaving grade 3 who cannot read. We could do the same.…