Commentary

In this 2020 photo, Cuban doctors and medical professionals are seen at the Havana airport prior to their departure to Italy to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Mar, 2026 0

Michael Abrahams | Thank you, Cubans

Over the past 60 years, Cuba has deployed over 400,000 health workers across 164 countries to mitigate short-term crises, and for long-term arrangements, as part of the Government’s Foreign Medical…
17 Mar, 2026 0

Digital tax or digital balance?

Jamaica has stepped into a global debate. The Government’s plan to apply General Consumption Tax (GCT) to digital services supplied from overseas but used in Jamaica has sparked questions about…
Minister of Finance Fayval Williams opening the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 10.
16 Mar, 2026 0

Editorial | Waiting for transformation

The 2026/27 Budget Speech by Minister Fayval Williams was to a large extent an update on the post Hurricane Melissa recovery plans. It told a good story about surviving a great shock, restoring…
Students from Holy Trinity High School gather near the school gate after they were not permitted on ther school compound for a number of reasons ranging from bleaching and their pants being too tight.
16 Mar, 2026 0

Ronald Thwaites | Weak foundations

Last Thursday, I met Bobby at Newell High School in St Elizabeth. After two years in a basic school and six years at primary level, Bobby was placed in Grade 7 at Newell, 20 miles away and a $800…
Representational image of bribing.
16 Mar, 2026 0

Lloyd Barnett | Combating corruption

Corruption has a corrosive influence on the machinery of government. For several decades, the issue of corruption in public offices has received widespread public attention and frequent intense…
Leroy Fearon, lecturer, multi-disciplinary researcher, author, geography specialist, and columnist
16 Mar, 2026 0

Leroy Fearon | Our storms, their emissions

Across the Caribbean and parts of South America, the sound of approaching storms has become all too familiar. For many young people in these regions, climate change is no longer an abstract discussion…
David Comissiong, a Citizen of the Caribbean Community
16 Mar, 2026 0

David Comissiong | United we stand, divided we fall

In recent times we have been hearing the curious notion being peddled that it is not necessary for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to have agreement or convergence on their foreign policy…
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (right) with Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service at the 2026/27 Budget Debate at Gordon House.
15 Mar, 2026 0

Editorial | Matters for the prime minister

When Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaks in the Budget Debate this week, there are two issues which this newspaper wants him to place on his list of priorities to be addressed. And, preferably, he…
15 Mar, 2026 0

Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 2

The greatest contributing factors to our falling total fertility rate (TFR) are economic hardship and little or no expectation / hope for a better future.