Commentary
March 27, 2026
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | March 29 proclaimed Education and Sharing Day
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, when communities in the Western parishes were cut off, homeless families were sleeping outdoors, and the roads were barely passable, stories of hope and kindness…
March 26, 2026
Editorial | CARICOM and Cuba
Shamed by the regional press and ordinary citizens over the lethargy with which it has responded to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Cuba, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this week announced…
March 26, 2026
Dashawn Carter and Rashaun Stewart | Why keep it a secret?
The conversation about the sexual offenders’ registry is characterised by the intense contention between the interests of the public good and the rights of perpetrators. This contention seems to be an…
March 26, 2026
Ruthlyn James | Jamaica’s inclusion readiness has a missing engine: the physical education teacher
Across Jamaica, we keep describing an inclusion goal while under building the one workforce that can stabilise it daily. We talk about Vision 2030, equity and access. Yet the practical reality inside…
March 26, 2026
Dean Jones | Jamaica on the edge: How a distant war could hit home harder than expected
The world has seen oil shocks before. But what is unfolding now in the Middle East is not merely another spike in energy prices – it is a structural disruption with the potential to ripple through…
March 25, 2026
Editorial | Backing Justice Anderson’s idea
Jamaica would perhaps be reluctant – especially on its own – to bring a legal case against powerful countries whose greenhouse gases contributed to its recent climate-related crises. However, the…
March 25, 2026
Eric Falt | ‘Redemption Song’: In remembrance of the slave trade
Each year on March 25, the United Nations commemorates the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This year’s theme, ‘Justice in Action’, calls…
March 25, 2026
Elizabeth Morgan | WTO: 14th Ministerial Conference, Cameroon
There is so much happening related to the USA and the Trump administration that we tend to forget that work continues in international relations at the bilateral, regional, and multilateral levels. A…
March 25, 2026
Leroy Fearon | From chains to systems: Slavery’s modern mutations
March 25 is not merely a date on the United Nations calendar. It is a moral checkpoint; a moment that compels us to confront one of humanity’s most brutal enterprises: the transatlantic slave trade. …