Commentary
April 28, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Dress the part, win the week
There is a quiet discipline that often goes unnoticed at the start of a work week. It is not found in meetings or reports or strategic plans, but in something far more routine. It is found in how one…
April 28, 2026
Dean Jones | 80 per cent of homes uninsured in Jamaica
…Hurricanes exposed it. The numbers confirm it. The system still hasn’t fixed it. Jamaica does not have a housing problem in the way it is commonly described. It has a risk problem, and that risk is…
April 27, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Are they civil and do they serve?
Senator Sherene Golding Campbell gets it. Her piece titled ‘The personal responsibility revolution needed in the public service’ was brave enough to confront a major cramp of governance and…
April 27, 2026
Lloyd Barnett | Selecting Jamaica’s final court of appeal
In the discussions respecting constitutional reform, the question of selecting Jamaica’s final appellate court has probably been the most contentious. In fact, it has threatened to frustrate the…
April 27, 2026
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | My friend Hugh Hart: A legendary figure with a huge heart
On Thursday, April 16, I got a notification that former senator and government minister Hugh C.E. Hart had passed away at age 96. We first met in 2018 and I quickly grew to become very fond of him. I…
April 27, 2026
Ryan Reddie | The violation of sacred and social spaces
The recent killing of a young woman near a place of worship in Montego Bay, associated with the New Testament Church of God community, represents more than an isolated criminal episode. Rather, it…
April 26, 2026
Editorial | Dr Chang is wrong
Because he knows better, this newspaper is repeatedly taken aback by Horace Chang’s demonisation of civil society and other organisations that insist on accountability by the police, including that…
April 26, 2026
Anthony Clayton | Can we solve traffic congestion?
The worsening traffic congestion in Kingston has been the focus of much attention recently. The problem results from a combination of factors: • There are four times more vehicles on Jamaican roads…
April 26, 2026
Christopher Burgess | Jamaica’s J$35-billion congestion problem
For motorists across Jamaica, the last few weeks have been horrendous. Gridlock and rising fuel prices from tensions in the Middle East have made commuting both time-consuming and expensive. From…