Commentary
December 9, 2025
Máximo Torero | Food inflation a key challenge to sustain achievements of the region
Just a few years ago, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families in Latin America and the Caribbean did not know whether they would have enough food for the next day. The shutdown of…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | September is prostate cancer awareness month
All males are born with a prostate gland. The name of the gland gets its origin from the Greek language. “Pro” means “before”, and “states” means “the one who stands”. This gland ‘stands’ before and…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | Champions and hope for the future
It is neither science nor ‘sciance’. Yet, my predictions were close, both in regard to the general election and of course the World Athletics Championships. It ends today, and I am sticking my neck…
December 9, 2025
Byron Blake | The United States armada and climate change
Unprovoked military actions and the unrelenting consequences of global climate change present immediate, existential challenges to the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
December 9, 2025
David Cox | Case for tariff reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean
Ever since the US Government announced that it would raise tariffs on imports earlier this year, a global debate was reignited on the role tariffs play in a country’s economic policy. If nothing else,…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Watch the drug list
Jamaica’s appearance on America’s list of countries that are either major producers or transshipment points for illicit drugs will be discomforting for Kingston, but isn’t, on its face, a source of…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | A constitutional reset
Apart from Andrew Wheatley’s return from seven years in political purgatory, the most notable feature of Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ new Cabinet is the ditching of Marlene Malahoo Forte, and the…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Some steps forward
A new cabinet with mostly old faces was sworn in on Wednesday. Time will allow for more critical analysis, but I must mention two positive developments, and one must give praise where praise is due.…
December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | The perennial drought
I have now had an uninterrupted water supply for two days straight. This is truly cause for jubilation since, as of July, when the NWC announced its annual water restriction schedule, water has been a…