Commentary

Bruce Golding, former prime minister of Jamaica.
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Ronald Thwaites | Bruce Golding gets it

Bruce Golding is brave enough and sufficiently disentangled from the love bush of tribalism to say so. Jamaica begins its 65th year of formal independence more constrained by geopolitics than ever…
An artist’s rendition of the design concept of the proposed new parliament building.
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Neil Richards | New parliament building may be ideal at Caymanas

There are good reasons to re-assess and perhaps retract the decision to construct a new parliament building within the confines of National Heroes Park. Troubling predictions, related mainly to…
A worker opens durian fruits imported from Malaysia to pack and deliver for customers at a shop in Beijing, China.
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Allen Gil | Is the world’s food system ready for a super El Niño?

A strong El Niño could make growing food harder in many parts of the world this year. This natural climate pattern brings warmer surface waters to the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which…
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Nicolás Perrone | Hyperglobalisation 2.0: Why AI has not slowed the world down

We are often told that the age of hyperglobalisation is over. Trade wars, industrial policy, national-security restrictions, export controls, and geopolitical rivalry all seem to point towards a more…
Representational image of students using smartboard in their classroom.
August 9, 2026

Editorial | AI and integrity of exams

When students in Denmark return to school this week after their summer recess, they will do so under a new regime governing how they can use generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for…
The CARICOM Secretariat building in Georgetown, Guyana.
August 9, 2026

Serge Letchimy | Martinique in CARICOM: From accession to action

On June 16, Martinique officially became an Associate Member of the Caribbean Community. A few weeks later, in Saint Lucia, our delegation took its seat for the first time at the Conference of Heads…
Byron Blake
August 9, 2026

Byron Blake | An independence gift for western Jamaica?

July 28, nine months after the vicious left-right uppercuts of the record-breaking Hurricane Melissa, the people of western Jamaica remain in shock.
August 9, 2026

Garth Rattray | Democratic Socialism then and now (Part 2)

When the Michael Manley government introduced Democratic Socialism, the Cold War was still at its peak, and the nervous tremors of missing a nuclear holocaust by the skin of our teeth hung heavily in…
Orville Taylor
August 9, 2026

Orville Taylor | African yes: but Jamaica land we love

Two weeks of intense nationalism. The Commonwealth Games, with some stellar performances; Emancipation Day; Independence; along with Festival Song, concerts and the Grand Gala. Sitting across the…