Commentary
July 20, 2026
Mickel Jackson | Let the Integrity Commission do its work
The tabling of the Integrity Commission’s Eighth Annual Report for 2025-2026 should have prompted serious national reflection on progress against corruption. Instead, much of the commentary has…
July 19, 2026
Editorial | Reinforcing investment in girls’ education
In October 2012, a 15-year-old girl boarded a bus to head back home from school in her hometown of Mingora, a city in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, north-western Pakistan, when a Taliban…
July 18, 2026
Tony Deyal | Barbados gin and cutters
When I first went to Barbados to work for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), my wife and I very quickly had two children, the young girl, Jasmine, and our son Zubin. In addition to working…
July 18, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Transparency, sovereignty and challenge of power
Few issues test the sovereignty of small states more severely than requests made by powerful friends. How should a country respond when cooperation is expected, but the proposed terms exceed its…
July 17, 2026
The world is changing Jamaica’s property market
Jamaica’s property market has traditionally been analysed through familiar local factors such as housing supply, mortgage availability, employment, tourism and economic growth. Those forces remain…
July 17, 2026
by Leroy Fearon
Leroy Fearon | What education transformation truly means
The phrase “education transformation” has become a staple of policy documents, conference themes, ministerial speeches, and strategic plans.
July 18, 2026
Kristen Gyles | The dark side of sports betting
Every four years, the FIFA World Cup does something extraordinary. It bridges social, political and even racial divides and unites billions of people in a shared emotional experience. For a few…
July 18, 2026
Peter Espeut | Back to square one
Once upon a time Jamaica had no National Contracts Commission or Office of the Contractor-General, and there was a high perception of corruption in the awarding of government contracts. Government…
July 18, 2026
Editorial | Consensus on International Criminal Court
In the coming months, Caribbean countries will probably find themselves pressured on another front in their relationship with the United States – over the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Jamaica…