Commentary
January 26, 2026
by Sophie Liebel
A world without plastics already existed
Walking around most stores today, it is hard to imagine a world without plastic. In the US, food packaging and containers alone account for over 82 million tons of plastic waste per year. Given that…
January 25, 2026
Editorial | UHWI procurement: recovery or funeral?
Over the last 30 years, scandals and controversies relating to governance and accountability have become normalised in Jamaica. Over that period the rate of economic growth has averaged less than one…
January 25, 2026
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | From long-awaited change to urgent action
For many Jamaicans, Hurricane Melissa will be remembered as one of the most devastating events of 2025. Its impacts were severe, affecting homes, livelihoods, infrastructure, and communities across…
January 25, 2026
Garth Rattray | What was great about America?
The current policy in the United States is to make America great again. The new political initiatives include the implementation of strict and very active enforcement of immigration laws and securing…
January 25, 2026
Orville Taylor | Bench or jury?
A senior defence attorney stridently said to me, that under no circumstance would he support judge-only (bench) trials, because given the present scenario surrounding the makeup and operations of the…
January 25, 2026
Floyd Morris | The forgotten Jamaicans in the labour market
Recently, at a function for the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB), the affable Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information (MESYI), Dana Morris Dixon, spoke about her concern of employment…
January 24, 2026
Editorial | Governance of the high seas
As a small island state Jamaica has a vested interest in the good health of the world oceans, including areas outside of its territorial waters. The logic is obvious. There are no physical barriers…
January 24, 2026
Tony Deyal | If Elon Musk say so is so!
Coming back to Trinidad after a great time in Barbados, and hearing some of the folks there and in Trinidad saying given they will have the usual bacchanal in “Barbados,” especially with a “just-so”…
January 24, 2026
Ronald Sanders | As migration closes, CARICOM must build jobs at home
On January 14, the US Department of State announced that, effective January 21, it would pause the issuance of all immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, including 11 in the Caribbean…