Commentary

May 26, 2026

Editorial | Eye on modular math

By most public accounts, the pilot in Jamaica – before the full rollout next year – of the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) modular or bite-sized exam in mathematics went more than reasonably…
May 26, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Starmergeddon!

In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland, Oma D’unn’s political consultancy, Oma Unsacked, was attracting clients from all over the Fantasyworld. The latest was Herr Storm, Prime Minister of a…
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May 26, 2026

Dean Jones | Hurricane season returns to the forefront as Jamaica expands financial protection

With the official Atlantic hurricane forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration out, governments, insurers and property owners across the Caribbean are again confronting a…
May 26, 2026

Michael Abrahams | The gruesome killing of Latoya Bulgin

While watching the TVJ Prime Time News on Sunday, May 17, I saw a report that covered a fatal police shooting in the community of Granville in Montego Bay. Member of Parliament (MP) for the…
May 25, 2026

Editorial | Urgent transport Green Paper

Given the capital’s perennial weekday traffic gridlock, and the increasing frequency of the phenomenon across Jamaica, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz’s promise of a revised national transportation…
May 24, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Defending principles

It can't be good for any nation when its government habitually savages its own credibility while considering itself triumphant. Don't they think things through? Don't they listen to the…
May 25, 2026

Mark Anderson | Resilience matters : How right infrastructure can strengthen Caribbean communities on the frontline of climate change

Across the Caribbean, communities are confronting the impacts of climate change: stronger hurricanes, prolonged droughts, heavier rainfall, and increasingly unpredictable weather events.  While…
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May 23, 2026

Editorial | Guardrails for close-in-age law 

The ongoing debate over a close-in-age exception to the Sexual Offences Act warrants open and honest discussions.  The public discourse for an issue that’s sensitive, involving children, consent,…