Commentary
December 27, 2025
Tony Deyal | Christmas for a better new year
First of all, I should have gone earlier to put things together and make sure they worked, demanded and liked by my wife especially. Unfortunately, I waited too long. Going into the weekend…
December 27, 2025
Najae Murray | Strengthening TVET accreditation for national development
Jamaica’s economy depends on a workforce ready for change. Yet, our technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system remains segmented. A unified, high-standard accreditation framework is…
December 26, 2025
Editorial | Early CARICOM summit
If that is indeed their intent, Antigua and Barbuda should abandon any plan to promote a boycott – whether domestically or region-wide – of imports from Trinidad and Tobago (TT).
December 26, 2025
Peter Espeut | Sweetheart deals and bastard capitalism
I read with great interest the article in The Gleaner of Monday, December 22, by Winsome Callum, director of corporate communications at the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) as she tried to…
December 26, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Starting at 2:41 on a Friday afternoon
Welcome to the first day of ‘Twixmas’. ‘Twixmas’ is a relatively new term to describe the transitional period betwixt Christmas and the New Year. It’s that awkward period where people don’t quite…
December 24, 2025
Editorial | Free press, democracy won
Even though significant gaps remain in the justice system, the Jamaican courts are emerging as an important bulwark against actions – whether by private citizens or state officials – that would weaken…
December 24, 2025
Elizabeth Morgan | At Christmas, friction in CARICOM – T&T versus the rest
We are in Christmas week, a period that should be about joy, hope, generosity, peace and love. There has been a very strange build up to this Christmas. There has been the lingering pall of the…
December 24, 2025
Norris McDonald | Climate change, water poverty and rural crises we neglect!
Jamaica’s chronic water shortage in rural communities and the impact of neglect on food security is a ticking time bomb. Are we ready to address the crisis, or will history continue to repeat itself?…
December 23, 2025
Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis
In times of crisis a good place to start the search for answers is in history – looking for how similar, or relevant, situations were handled in the past.