Commentary

One of the clearest signals of stress is among young professionals. Urban rents regularly exceed J$80,000 to $100,000 per month, while entry-level home prices sit well beyond what a single professional earning between J$150,000 and $300,000 monthly can com
January 23, 2026

Why homeownership is slipping further out of reach for Jamaicans

Jamaica’s housing affordability gap has widened further in 2025, as rising construction costs, climate-related shocks, higher insurance premiums, and constrained lending continue to outpace wage…
Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby.
January 22, 2026

Editorial | Whither NSWMA?

The recent call by Kingston’s mayor, Andrew Swaby, for Jamaica’s municipal corporations to be given responsibility for garbage collection reminds of the long-running saga about the future and the…
Africka Stephens writes: Discipline should educate and correct behaviour, not humiliate, endanger, or exclude.
January 22, 2026

Eric Falt | Supporting boys and young men in Caribbean education

January 24 will be commemorated as the International Day of Education 2026, in which UNESCO highlights the role of youth as essential co-creators of the education systems that shape their futures. …
January 22, 2026

Basil Jarrett | If you think solving financial crimes is hard, try reporting on them

The title of the recently completed Media Institute of the Caribbean Corporate Custom Certification course, ‘Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, Countering the Financing of…
Ambassador Curtis Ward understood that Jamaica does not end at our shores; it lives wherever our people have made their homes.
January 22, 2026

PJ Patterson | Curtis Ward was a noble Avatar

During the long passage of life we are at times confronted with the sudden passing of treasured ones. That of Curtis Ward has come to me as a cataclysmic shock as our almost daily contact was done by…
Janiel McEwan, economic consultant
January 22, 2026

Janiel McEwan | Jamaica’s invisible economy is carrying the country

There is an economy Jamaicans interact with every day, yet rarely see reflected in official discussions. It pays rent when formal wages fall short. It absorbs shocks when jobs disappear. It feeds…
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis
January 21, 2026

Editorial | Don’t hold your breath

If history is any guide, this newspaper would not advise anyone to hold their breaths, expecting someone at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to pay anything towards the more than…
Riot police clash with protesters after a rally against the World Economic Forum in Davos and the visit of US President Donald Trump, on Monday, in Zurich, Switzerland, January 19, 2026.
January 21, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | An increasingly divided and dangerous world

Normally, at the start of a new year, analysts would be looking at the trade and economic agenda and the key issues to be addressed to spur economic growth. This year analysts are focused on the…
Norris McDonald
January 21, 2026

Norris R. McDonald | Renee Good, ICE, and American caricature of human justice

Renee Nicole Good, a mother tragically killed during an encounter with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis, symbolises the violent, dehumanising practices that define…