Commentary

Bad Bunny performs during the halftime show of Super Bowl 60 between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots in Santa Clara, California.
February 17, 2026

Michael Abrahams | Going psycho over Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, record producer and professional wrestler. Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, he began his music career in 2013, performing reggaeton and Latin trap…
Jolyan Silvera
February 18, 2026

Gordon Robinson | The essence of chivalry

In Apocrypha, our favourite Fantasyland far, far away, where all politicians are friends and Oma D’unn solves political problems by parable, justice was the hot topic. Oma’s hobby of advising his…
“Diaspora buyers aren’t just chasing a postcode anymore – they’re buying a lifestyle that can run itself. In Kingston, that often means secure apartments and gated communities where maintenance is predictable and resale demand is constant.”: Dean
February 17, 2026

The new diaspora map: Where Jamaicans abroad are buying to live (and why it’s shifted)

For years, “diaspora property” in Jamaica meant one thing: come home, build inna the old community, and lock it up until Christmas. That era isn’t dead – but it’s not leading anymore. What’s leading…
February 17, 2026

Ryan Reddie | Suspension is not the way to go: Rethinking school discipline in a changing Jamaica

When I was in high school, discipline meant structure, order, and clear boundaries. There were consequences, yes – but the cultural climate was different. Authority was rarely questioned, and social…
Gleaner editorial writes: ...the world in which, and for which, the mechanisms underlying Vision 2030 were framed no longer exist.
February 16, 2026

Editorial | Vision 2050 and beyond

The aspiration of making Jamaica “the place of choice” for its citizens to “live, work, raise families, and do business” remains relevant. There are still four years in the two-decade timeframe since…
Ronald Thwaites writes: Failure or haste to properly examine public expenditure, which includes a huge mortgage in the form of debt to be redeemed by our children, requires the greatest care.
February 16, 2026

Ronald Thwaites | On judgment

The Standing Finance Committee of Parliament will soon begin its examination of the proposed ways in which nearly $ 1.5 trillion of your money and mine is going to be spent. Although we don’t…
Newly elected members of parliament at Gordon House
February 16, 2026

Lloyd Barnett | Impeachment – substantive defects in the legislative proposals

There have been several proposals for the adoption of impeachment in Jamaica. The most notable is what may conveniently be called the Golding Model. A bill for the inclusion of impeachment in the…
IIn this November 2025 photo, Joel Wynter, who is suffering from sickle-cell disease, is being tended to by his mother under a makeshift shelter after their house was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
February 16, 2026

Lesley King | Pain as a silent epidemic

Pain may be considered a silent epidemic. One in five people worldwide suffers from chronic pain. Pain is subjective and all-encompassing, only he who feels it truly knows it. To the observer, doubt…
Nand C. Bardouille, Ph.D., manager of The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean in the Institute of International Relations at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
February 16, 2026

Nand C. Bardouille and Greg Quinn | Is CARICOM at a foreign policy turning point?

With the Fiftieth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) fast-approaching, an uncomfortable reality hangs over this high-profile moment in…