Commentary
04 Apr, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | NaRRA and lessons from Dominica
Jamaica now stands at a crossroads, much like Dominica did in 2017. Category 5 Hurricane Maria damaged 90 per cent of Dominica’s housing stock and caused losses equivalent to 230 per cent of GDP. The…
04 Apr, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | The Caribbean being forced to reconsider trade dependence on the US
The Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so. For generations, Caribbean importers and consumers have looked first to the American…
04 Apr, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Religions should be more tolerant
Many people do not realise that Jesus’ name was not ‘Jesus Christ’. In keeping with the tradition at that time, He was likely called Yeshua ben-Yosef (Yeshua son of Joseph). Furthermore, ‘Christ’…
04 Apr, 2026
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Orville Taylor | CARICOM a model for international peace
Exactly five years ago, I woke up on Resurrection Sunday, after fighting for more than two weeks with the COVID-19 virus, which tried every night to kill me. In my head, a song, whose chorus eluded my…
02 Apr, 2026
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Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis
Dr Carla Barnett has not been the kind of secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this newspaper had hoped for. She has not interpreted her mandate or fashioned her leadership as a…
02 Apr, 2026
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Nicole Loiten | Autism Awareness means nothing without access…A reality many Jamaican families know too well
Every April, Autism Awareness Month fills our feeds with messages of support. But for many families – especially in countries like Jamaica – awareness is not the problem. Access is. I say this not…
02 Apr, 2026
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Khaled El-Enany | Small islands, big front lines
Across the Caribbean, climate change is already reshaping lives, coastlines, and futures. Small Island Developing States, which account for just one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, are…
02 Apr, 2026
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Basil Jarrett | Can tap. But can we trust?
Growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, one of the first survival lessons you learned while traversing the bus system was to keep your wallet in your front pocket. Not the back where it was more stylish. The…
02 Apr, 2026
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Nicola Andrews | Every child must learn…But at what cost?
The inequality of teacher-led extra lessons The phrase “Every child can learn, every child must learn” is widely recognised as a policy mantra developed and adopted by the Jamaican Ministry of…