Commentary

December 9, 2025

Basil Jarrett | AI in court? Jamaica’s legal system has entered the chat

Last week, something quite revolutionary happened in Jamaica’s legal system. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes issued Practice Direction No. 1 of 2025, a bold, forward-looking directive on the use of…
December 9, 2025

Massia Bailey | Supporting unique needs of neurodivergent learners at home

RESPONSIVE PARENTING is at the heart of supporting neurodivergent learners. As neurodivergent prevalence rates continue to rise in Jamaica, these documented differences in brain functioning determine…
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December 9, 2025

SSP Diaries | Setting the stage for global destruction

IN TODAY’S world, many of us are losing sight of the fact that modern conflicts, whether occurring in our region or not, have negative impacts upon our own well-being and make it even more difficult…
File Body-worn cameras on display at the Police Commissioner’s Office in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Regulations for BWCs

While there has been much debate over how efficiently the police deploy the body-worn cameras (BWC) they presently own – and when a full rollout of the equipment will happen – very little has been…
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 26.
December 9, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | A look at the main issues arising at the 80th UNGA General Debate

LAST WEEK, this column addressed the imminent UNGA general debate during high-level week under the theme, ‘Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights’. The general…
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December 9, 2025

Norris McDonald | Crypto imperialism: Can America’s bitcoin gamble rob Jamaica’s reserves?

JAMAICA IS playing with fire. Our external debt of US$13.4 billion is tied to the US dollar, and our US$6.15 billion in foreign reserves are parked in US banks and Treasury holdings. With Washington…
Gleaner editorial writes: On the matter of the use of BWCs, the JCF should be ready to offer its compelling argument for holding fast to its declared course when what has been proposed by INDECOM, JFJ and others seems so obvious and unimpeachably logical.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Cool heads on body-worn cameras

This newspaper is surprised at the apparent hostility with which the constabulary has responded to organisations calling for the use of body-worn cameras (BWC) when cops go on planned operations. …
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December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Likkle but tallawah!

So the fatal index finger has finally been raised in the life of the great Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird. I can hear readers, especially members of Generation Born Yesterday, sounding like New Orleans…
Police officers patrol a street during an exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Gangs: war within the law

Many people, including this newspaper, will welcome Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ signal that his proposed “global war on drugs” was intended to be conducted with respect for international law and…