Commentary
January 3, 2026
Ronald Sanders | CARICOM at the crossroads of pressure
The Caribbean Community stands at a moment that calls for less rhetoric and more realism. CARICOM is experiencing a period in which external pressure is intensifying, new norms are hardening among…
January 2, 2026
Editorial | When CARICOM meets
Given the potentially existential stresses being faced by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is a strategic and tactical lapse by regional leaders that they have not brought forward the first of…
January 2, 2026
Wang Jinfeng | New Year, new chapter for China-Jamaica partnership
As the New Year begins, a new chapter of life unfolds. On behalf of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica and in my own name, I extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to…
January 2, 2026
Peter Espeut | The new builds on the old
“The new is in the old concealed; the old is in the new revealed” – Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD). I hope no one ever comes to me for legal advice, for I am no lawyer. I am a theologian,…
January 2, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Food is the new crack
In recent times, I have sat three difficult professional exams, each of which required months of rigorous study. Each time, after sitting the exam, I went straight from the exam centre to a…
January 1, 2026
Editorial | Gains by cops; more to do
If there is one development from the past year that most Jamaicans will wish is carried over to 2026 it is the dramatic decline in intentional homicides. Murders fell by 42 per cent (there were 666…
January 1, 2026
António Guterres | Our future depends on our collective courage to act
As we enter the new year, the world stands at a crossroads. Chaos and uncertainty surround us. Division. Violence. Climate breakdown. And systemic violations of international law. A retreat from the…
January 1, 2026
Sir Patrick Allen | A New Year of resilience, responsibility and unity
My fellow Jamaicans at home and abroad, as we welcome the New Year 2026, I extend to you and your families my best wishes for peace, strength, and renewed hope. We enter this New Year with deep…
January 1, 2026
Andrew Holness | A New Year of purpose, progress and confidence
We give God thanks for sparing us to see 2026, and we pause to remember the lives lost to Hurricane Melissa, the third most powerful hurricane ever recorded globally, and the most destructive storm…