Commentary
February 8, 2026
Garth Rattray | Don’t allow fear to kill you
The feeling of fear is perfectly natural. It is hardwired into our nervous system as a protective measure. It’s an unpleasant subjective emotional state arising in response to perceived dangers or…
February 8, 2026
Orville Taylor | Black history
Yesterday was 100 years since American ‘Blackademic’ Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) initiated the celebration of Negro History Week (NHW). Not a…
February 8, 2026
Ruthlyn James | Jamaica’s early childhood paradox
Long before early childhood education became global jargon, Jamaica understood that learning does not begin at primary school. Community-based basic schools laid the foundation for generations of…
February 8, 2026
Editorial | Preserving the wetlands
T he Gleaner welcomes the apparent urgency with which the Government is approaching the post-Hurricane Melissa rehabilitation of mangroves and wetlands degraded by the Category 5 storm that hit three…
February 7, 2026
Tony Deyal | Chinese in tongs
When I was growing up in Trinidad, there were many people in houses, groups, towns, and cities. In that time, there were people from various races or, as Trinis call it, “white, black and khaki.” The…
February 7, 2026
Ronald Sanders | End of illusion in Haiti: What next?
February 7 matters in Haiti, not because it promises relief, but because it marks the end of an illusion. On that date, the mandate of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council expires. From its…
February 6, 2026
Editorial | Promote cultural exports
Jamaica in the midst of a month-long celebration of reggae, a music developed in the island, which has become, as Olivia Grange, the entertainment and culture minister, put it, “an important force in…
February 6, 2026
Peter Espeut | Needed: investigative journalism
The public’s appetite for reliable information is often not satisfied through traditional media. If all a newspaper or radio/TV station does is carry press releases, then they become the mouthpieces…
February 6, 2026
Kristen Gyles | That pesky Procurement Act
The auditor general (AG) released a report on its real-time audit of the Hurricane Melissa Relief Initiative, specifically in relation to governance, procurement, and the receipt and distribution of…