Commentary

Louis E.A. Moyston, PhD, lecturer in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies
April 29, 2026

Louis E.A. Moyston | Where have all the PWDs gone?

Those persons who were born before Independence and probably a decade after 1962 will readily understand the acronym PWD which, of course, is the Public Works Department. I thought about the PWD the…
Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority.
April 28, 2026

Editorial | External audit for NSWMA

There are some people who, intuitively, possess extraordinary insights, emotional intelligence, organisational skills and a capacity to absorb and process information, that make them, despite lack of…
Fadi Al Zein, who lost both his homes in Israeli strikes in his village of Khiam and in Dahiyeh, smokes a water pipe inside his heavily damaged home in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Lebanon.
April 28, 2026

Gordon Robinson | A luta continua

Pundits worldwide are speculating on who’s winning the war between USA/Israel and Iran/Lebanon. Donald Dumdum keeps saying he obliterated Iran’s military assets and already won the war. Yet, long…
Representational image of a youngster chatting online with an anonymous person.
April 28, 2026

Michael Abrahams | Exposing a ‘rape academy’

In September 2020, French police arrested a man named Dominique Pelicot for secretly taking photographs beneath women’s clothing (upskirting) in a supermarket. Unfortunately, that was just the tip of…
If we are serious about improving performance and presence, then we must pay attention to the small habits that influence both. Dressing well is one of them.
April 28, 2026

Leroy Fearon | Dress the part, win the week

There is a quiet discipline that often goes unnoticed at the start of a work week. It is not found in meetings or reports or strategic plans, but in something far more routine. It is found in how one…
Dean Jones, founder of Jamaica Homes
April 28, 2026

Dean Jones | 80 per cent of homes uninsured in Jamaica

…Hurricanes exposed it. The numbers confirm it. The system still hasn’t fixed it. Jamaica does not have a housing problem in the way it is commonly described. It has a risk problem, and that risk is…
Senator Sherene Golding Campbell.
April 27, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | Are they civil and do they serve?

Senator Sherene Golding Campbell gets it. Her piece titled ‘The personal responsibility revolution needed in the public service’ was brave enough to confront a major cramp of governance and…
The Caribbean Court of Justice in Port-of-Spain.
April 27, 2026

Lloyd Barnett | Selecting Jamaica’s final court of appeal

In the discussions respecting constitutional reform, the question of selecting Jamaica’s final appellate court has probably been the most contentious. In fact, it has threatened to frustrate the…
Hugh Hart (right) is seen wearing Tefillin alongside Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, who blows a ram’s horn in honor of the Jewish New Year.
April 27, 2026

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | My friend Hugh Hart: A legendary figure with a huge heart

On Thursday, April 16, I got a notification that former senator and government minister Hugh C.E. Hart had passed away at age 96. We first met in 2018 and I quickly grew to become very fond of him. I…