Commentary
16 Jun, 2026
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Janiel McEwan | The line that cannot afford to wait: How Jamaica is letting its emergency system drown
There is a moment – familiar to every emergency call handler, on every shift, in every country on earth – when the phone rings and the world holds its breath. The operator picks up. What comes through…
15 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Oil and transport
Wayne Henry’s endorsement of the idea of work-from-home and other flexible and staggered work schedules to save fuel intuitively, and on the basis of past evidence, makes sense.
What Dr Henry and the…
15 Jun, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | No land, no resilience
There is a risk that the opportunity presented by Hurricane Melissa to address land tenure, fragile housing, and their wider social consequences will be missed.Â
Jamaica Institution of Engineers’…
15 Jun, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Choices matter
So, finally, there is public admission of what we all knew from daily experience: that the government is unable to meet the cost of good education for everyone.Â
What a deceitful charade this has…
15 Jun, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | The price tag of a high-value partner
The recent wave of divorces involving successful entrepreneurs, executives, politicians, academics, entertainers, and other high-achieving professionals has sparked widespread discussion.
14 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Chuck, CCJ and Sir Shridath
Two statements by Delroy Chuck in Parliament last week are in need of clarification, and perhaps, with respect to the second, a correction of the record.
In his contribution to the sector debates,…
14 Jun, 2026
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Trevor Munroe | Alongside 'supporting oversight’, improve efficiency, strengthen accountability
‘Supporting oversight’ is how The Gleaner editorial of June 2, summed up former Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s remarks at a recent Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal symposium. Golding’s comments…
14 Jun, 2026
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Danielle Archer | Jamaica’s democratic test has already begun
There are moments in a nation’s life when the air feels heavier than the headlines. Jamaica is in one of those moments now, a moment when the public can sense that something deeper than a policy…
14 Jun, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Jamaica needs permanent emergency sheltersÂ
We are once again in the dreaded hurricane season. It begins on June 1 and ends on November 30 each year. After the utter devastation, in parts of central and western Jamaica, wrought by Hurricane…