Commentary
March 29, 2026
Byron Blake | Hurricane Melissa: To sue or not to sue, that is the question
On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa clobbered Jamaica with an uppercut, the ferocity of which has never been measured before. It was as straight as it was clean. There was no doubt about the source…
March 29, 2026
Orville Taylor | Ghana leads with UN resolution
India and China said “Yes!” Only 330 million live in the US. In Israel there are around 10 million inhabitants. Abstaining is not the same as voting “No!” although in certain elections, it could count…
March 28, 2026
Editorial | Are Jamaicans a happy people?
Well … maybe. And it depends whom you compare them with, and how you define happiness. Using the yardstick of the World Happiness Report 2026, Jamaicans are the 49th happiest people in the world,…
March 28, 2026
Tony Deyal | Dogs are people too
When I was a young boy, in addition to my parents, I had the attention and affection of a very special, honorary family member – a dog. There were dogs all around me and my family all my life.
March 28, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Cost of silence
The Organization of American States (OAS) is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing…
March 27, 2026
Editorial | Welcome tax recalibration
The government’s decision to recalibrate two of the critical tax measures recently announced by Finance Minister Fayval Williams goes to the credit of the administration and is welcomed by this…
March 27, 2026
Peter Espeut | Vaya con dios, Cubanos
My family has been a beneficiary of the Cuban Medical Brigade. For some years, my wife, Velia, has been a patient of Dr Roberto Mirales, senior ophthalmologist in the Cuban Eye Care Programme at St…
March 27, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Born without my consent
In 2019, a man in the western Indian city of Mumbai threatened to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. He also refused to work because, well, being forced to live in this world…
March 27, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Stage over screen: Reclaiming the intellectual soul of storytelling
On this World Theatre Day, we are invited not merely to celebrate theatre, but to interrogate the evolving landscape of storytelling itself. In an era dominated by high-budget cinema and…