Commentary

King’s House, the official residence of the Governor General, located on Hope Road, St. Andrew.
April 1, 2026

Editorial | A bolder vision for King’s House and Heroes Circle

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness got it mostly right with his plan for a park in Kingston for older people, to be established on the acreages adjoining the governor general’s residence, King’s House.
A Palm Sunday procession at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, Jamaica.
April 1, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | The US’s Christian hypocrisy ‘Do as I say, not as I do’

The most important observances in Christianity are in Holy Week (Easter), from Palm Sunday, when Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey; to Holy Thursday of the last supper, the…
Norris McDonald
April 1, 2026

Norris R. McDonald | Ghost budget, sick patients, health screening, IMF praise!

One of the biggest challenges faced by poor black Jamaicans is the high out-of-pocket cost of urgent medical tests. This is a burden not only on the cash-strapped poor but also on members of the…
‘Microshifting’ is a flexible scheduling approach that involves tackling job duties in short, productive bursts instead of a single nine-to-five stretch. The paid labor fits around and between non-work responsibilities and priorities. Performance is ju
April 1, 2026

Cathy Bussewitz | ‘Microshifting’ puts a new spin on 9-to-5 schedules

NEW YORK (AP) — Before the house is humming and her teenagers ask her to whip up breakfast or chauffeur them to school, Jen Meegan reads her company emails and revisits ideas she drafted the night…
West Indies’ Jason Holder (second left) and teammates celebrate the dismissal of Nepal’s Aarif Sheikh during the ICC T20 World Cup cricket match in Mumbai, India on February 15.
March 31, 2026

Editorial | CWI gobbledygook

Cricket West Indies (CWI) – and by extension West Indies cricket – has a problem. CWI is so addicted to obfuscation and opacity that even when it has a credible case to argue, its inclination to…
In this March 2019 photo Peace Corps Jamaica 90th group of volunteers pose for a group photograph.
March 31, 2026

Gordon Robinson | What’s good for the goose ...

On February 22, 1962, Premier Norman Washington Manley, on Jamaica’s behalf, signed a seminal agreement between Jamaica and USA. It involved the Peace Corps and provided for young American volunteers…
Representational photo of school children in a class.
March 31, 2026

Steve Sider and Kishi Anderson Leachman | Gatekeepers of inclusion and the invisible padlocks

Across the Caribbean, access is often negotiated through unspoken rules – how one looks, speaks, or is perceived within social hierarchies shaped by class, colour, and privilege. Those who do not…
Dr Appolenon Lee Gordon, university lecturer and TVET practitioner
March 31, 2026

Appolenon L. Gordon | TVET is more than a philosophy: Time to put our money where the mandate is

For years, the buzzword echoing through the halls of education ministries and economic summits has been TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training). It is hailed as the "engine of…
Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates.
March 30, 2026

Editorial | Hormuz and fertiliser

In the month since the United States and Israel attacked Iran – and Tehran’s retaliatory closure of the Strait of Hormuz – the world’s attention, including Jamaica’s – has been primarily on its …