Commentary
June 16, 2026
Janiel McEwan | The line that cannot afford to wait: How Jamaica is letting its emergency system drown
There is a moment – familiar to every emergency call handler, on every shift, in every country on earth – when the phone rings and the world holds its breath. The operator picks up. What comes through…
June 15, 2026
Editorial | Oil and transport
Wayne Henry’s endorsement of the idea of work-from-home and other flexible and staggered work schedules to save fuel intuitively, and on the basis of past evidence, makes sense.
What Dr Henry and the…
June 15, 2026
Christopher Burgess | No land, no resilience
There is a risk that the opportunity presented by Hurricane Melissa to address land tenure, fragile housing, and their wider social consequences will be missed.
Jamaica Institution of Engineers’…
June 15, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Choices matter
So, finally, there is public admission of what we all knew from daily experience: that the government is unable to meet the cost of good education for everyone.
What a deceitful charade this has…
June 15, 2026
Leroy Fearon | The price tag of a high-value partner
The recent wave of divorces involving successful entrepreneurs, executives, politicians, academics, entertainers, and other high-achieving professionals has sparked widespread discussion.
June 14, 2026
Editorial | Chuck, CCJ and Sir Shridath
Two statements by Delroy Chuck in Parliament last week are in need of clarification, and perhaps, with respect to the second, a correction of the record.
In his contribution to the sector debates,…
June 14, 2026
Trevor Munroe | Alongside 'supporting oversight’, improve efficiency, strengthen accountability
‘Supporting oversight’ is how The Gleaner editorial of June 2, summed up former Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s remarks at a recent Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal symposium. Golding’s comments…
June 14, 2026
Danielle Archer | Jamaica’s democratic test has already begun
There are moments in a nation’s life when the air feels heavier than the headlines. Jamaica is in one of those moments now, a moment when the public can sense that something deeper than a policy…
June 14, 2026
Garth Rattray | Jamaica needs permanent emergency shelters
We are once again in the dreaded hurricane season. It begins on June 1 and ends on November 30 each year. After the utter devastation, in parts of central and western Jamaica, wrought by Hurricane…