Commentary
April 26, 2026
Garth Rattray | Loud music is noise pollution
Aside from hammering and harming the ears of people who are exposed to it, loud music causes noise pollution throughout entire communities. Powerful speakers that pump out 5,000 peak and 600 RMS…
April 26, 2026
Orville Taylor | Resetting against violence
No one should control my rage! Whenever one gives me instructions, as regards my dead mother or my spouse; I of course ignore it. Nothing should make me the source of my mother’s bones being bleached.…
April 25, 2026
Editorial | Case for robust intellectual property
Although Jamaica is globally celebrated for its culture and creative endeavours – from music and dance to food and more – the island has more to do to secure the intellectual property (IP) rights of…
April 27, 2026
Editorial | Jamaica productive future
Despite the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and numerous weather-related shocks, Jamaica has achieved what many developing countries still struggle…
April 25, 2026
Tony Deyal | Millennials, Baby Boomers, and humour
My Caribbean people are now increasingly ‘Baby Boomers’ and ‘Millennials’. It is important for all of us in this region to get these two groups at the forefront of our developing society. Barbados…
April 25, 2026
Offniel Lamont | Jamaica’s sugar-sweetened beverage policy in transition
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent Jamaica’s most pressing public health crisis, and addressing obesity is central to this challenge. Fiscal policy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) must be…
April 24, 2026
Editorial | No committees for Speaker
Since last October’s walk-out by the Opposition over Juliet Holness’ attempt to limit their questioning of environment minister Matthew Samuda about the government’s preparations for the imminent…
April 24, 2026
Peter Espeut | The president vs the Pope
On January 9, Pope Leo XIV delivered his annual ‘State of the World’ address to the diplomats accredited to the Vatican City State. In that speech (full text at…
April 24, 2026
Ruthlyn James | Development without environment is an illusion
We often speak about saving our children. We speak about discipline, literacy, violence and values. We call for accountability in classrooms and homes. Yet beneath these conversations lies a more…