Commentary
February 15, 2026
Editorial | Stability budget, but …
The J$1.44 trillion expenditure budget – with its J$18 billion in new taxes – presented by Fayval Williams last week has to be read in the context of Hurricane Melissa. It is a stabilisation plan…
February 15, 2026
Dennis Zulu | Bridge to inclusion: Rebuilding Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
While February 14 is often reserved for tokens of affection, for thousands of Jamaicans, it marks a more profound commitment: the birth of a more inclusive nation. It is the anniversary of the…
February 15, 2026
Garth Rattray | Intimacy versus ‘intermessy’
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. It is celebrated every February 14. On Valentine’s Day people overtly express their affection to that special someone, or even to friends with flowers, chocolate, other…
February 15, 2026
Floyd Morris | Language-disability and society
Words matter. Undeniably, the language that we use to refer to persons with disabilities has an impact, as it shapes our perception of the world. This language has evolved over time, and terms that…
February 15, 2026
Orville Taylor | Islam’s slavery debt
The expression varies from as salaam aleikum to something like as salaam waleikum. Black populations such as Tanzania and its territory Zanzibar, the common salutation vary somewhat from the Arabic.
February 14, 2026
Editorial | Opening doors for girls in science and technology
In Jamaica, girls, as they do almost every sphere of education, outperform boys in maths and science in primary and high school. By age 15 – according to the OECD’s Programme for International…
February 14, 2026
Tony Deyal and Zeno Constance | Pan and Kaiso
I was just over four-years old and was heading to the village standpipes with two of my young neighbour’s carrying “pans” or buckets to go to the village standpipe when we heard big men shouting,…
February 14, 2026
Africka Stephens | When will unchecked power in our schools be addressed
Recent reports, from a primary school in Spanish Town, St Catherine, where students’ jackets were reportedly confiscated by school administrators during a cold weather front, have ignited public…
February 13, 2026
Editorial | Fix local government divisions
Moral and ethical considerations notwithstanding, there is little doubt that the People’s National Party (PNP) members of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) were on sound legal…