Commentary

May 17, 2026

Garth Rattray | Compassionate care in a digital world
The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) is a not-for-profit professional organisation founded in 1972. It represents the interests of family physicians and general practitioners and is…
May 17, 2026

Orville Taylor | Appropriate language and symbols
Once you hear it you cannot unhear it. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it. Sometimes people go to great lengths in order to defend the indefensible. Something is not right simply because it is…
May 17, 2026

Erja Askola | European Union and Jamaica: Why partnership matters more than ever
Every year on May 9, Europe Day, a commemoration of peace, unity, and cooperation,is celebrated. In 1950, only five years after the devastation of the Second World War, six European countries, some of…
May 16, 2026

Editorial | The burden of salt
Jamaica’s growing crisis with non-communicable diseases has a direct correlation with what people are eating every day. High salt consumption is one of the key factors driving hypertension, heart…
May 16, 2026

Tony Deyal | The wise words of Sir David Attenborough
It is true that I read, used, and borrowed the wise words of Dr.David Attenborough. Fortunately, he didn’t mind. After all, when I checked a few days ago as he was heading into his 100th birthday on…
May 16, 2026

Ronald Sanders | OAS faces moral test in Panama
An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed ‘Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples…
May 15, 2026

Pradeep Kumar Saxena | The Indus Waters Treaty and the architecture of inequity

The Indus River System comprises six major rivers—the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej—flowing through the territories of both India and Pakistan. The system sustains drinking water,…
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May 14, 2026

Editorial | Avoiding the resource curse
It has been a month since Damien King, economist and public commentator, declared his hope that Jamaica doesn't find oil, and that if it does, that the oil is left where it is. Oil exploration is…
May 14, 2026

Kristen Gyles | No shortage of land
f you've ever had the privilege of travelling over the island by plane, you have probably looked down from the airplane window and marvelled at the vast amounts of unused land across Jamaica.