Commentary
07 Apr, 2026
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Francesca Tavares | The slave trades the UN forgot
The United Nations’ recent resolution designating the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the “greatest historical evil” is a troubling exercise in historiographical reductionism – one that prioritises…
06 Apr, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Way to go
“Me have some new zinc sheet a sell. You want it fi one a yu church memba dem whey house blow down?” That was the offer from one of the few recipients who had received his rebuilding grant last week.…
06 Apr, 2026
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Carvell McLeary | Demise of the 40-hour workweek?
Is the 40-hour workweek, the sacred foundation of employment practices, at an end? Is it blasphemous to offer such words? As Jamaican businesses struggle with productivity concerns, culture and…
06 Apr, 2026
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Greta Merrill | Let’s make our soil great again
If I told you that most of the world’s food supply is grown on just three to six inches of dirt, you’d probably think that I was crazy. But that’s exactly why our top soil is so important. Top soil is…
04 Apr, 2026
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Editorial | Humanity’s quest to reach the Moon and beyond
History was repeated on the evening of April 1 when Artemis II, carrying four astronauts, lifted off for a 10-day journey around the Moon – more than five decades after the first human landed on…
04 Apr, 2026
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Editorial | Name criteria for the new coach
Despite his parsing of the issue, there seems little doubt that Rudolph Speid harbours the ambition of a permanent appointment as Jamaica’s national football coach. This newspaper makes no judgement…
04 Apr, 2026
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Editorial | Listen to Richard Byles
Richard Byles, the governor of Jamaica’s central bank, may have addressed the broad principle, without specific entities in mind. But his call last week for strong boards at financial companies was…
04 Apr, 2026
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Danielle Archer | Jamaica’s unspoken emergency
Jamaica does not suffer from a shortage of coastline. We suffer from a shortage of leaders willing to defend the people’s right to it. Across the Caribbean, we have perfected a leadership culture…
04 Apr, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Cane is a slaver – yes, no, or done dead already?
On the 45th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Eric Eustace Williams, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago At my age, 80 plus, I still don’t know if sugar cane is a fruit, a grass, a vegetable, a…