Commentary
January 25, 2026
Garth Rattray | What was great about America?
The current policy in the United States is to make America great again. The new political initiatives include the implementation of strict and very active enforcement of immigration laws and securing…
January 25, 2026
Orville Taylor | Bench or jury?
A senior defence attorney stridently said to me, that under no circumstance would he support judge-only (bench) trials, because given the present scenario surrounding the makeup and operations of the…
January 25, 2026
Floyd Morris | The forgotten Jamaicans in the labour market
Recently, at a function for the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB), the affable Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information (MESYI), Dana Morris Dixon, spoke about her concern of employment…
January 24, 2026
Editorial | Governance of the high seas
As a small island state Jamaica has a vested interest in the good health of the world oceans, including areas outside of its territorial waters. The logic is obvious. There are no physical barriers…
January 24, 2026
Tony Deyal | If Elon Musk say so is so!
Coming back to Trinidad after a great time in Barbados, and hearing some of the folks there and in Trinidad saying given they will have the usual bacchanal in “Barbados,” especially with a “just-so”…
January 24, 2026
Ronald Sanders | As migration closes, CARICOM must build jobs at home
On January 14, the US Department of State announced that, effective January 21, it would pause the issuance of all immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, including 11 in the Caribbean…
January 23, 2026
Editorial | CARICOM and Carney
Mark Carney’s speech in Davos on Tuesday should be required reading – or listening – for all heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). While Mr Carney, Canada’s prime minister, didn’t…
January 23, 2026
Peter Espeut | Who is telling lies, commissioner?
I do not have access to the Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders; my only knowledge of their contents is whatever is reported in this newspaper. And I have no reason to disbelieve the Jamaica Information…
January 23, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Is AI now too real to be safe?
Tupac Shakur or ‘2Pac’ was an American rapper who died in 1996. Yet, I recently saw a video of 2Pac on the poolside of a luxury property talking about music hits he is almost ready to release, that…