Commentary
08 Jul, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | The US Constitution’s ideals and US reality
On Saturday, July 4, 2026 the USA celebrated its 250th anniversary of independence. There was at least one article in this newspaper reflecting on the ideals of the US Constitution and the example…
07 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | AI policy for schools
The finding by researchers at the University of Technology (UTech) that practically all of Jamaica’s tertiary and secondary students use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in their studies…
07 Jul, 2026
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Tiou Clarke | Who audits the AI algorithm?
A quiet crisis of accountability is unfolding across corporate landscapes as companies outsource core business logic to automation. Algorithms now vet resumes, process credit lines, and interface with…
07 Jul, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Nuff respect, Cape Verde
Did you know about Cape Verde before this year’s FIFA World Cup? If you did not, you are in the majority. Now, thanks to the extraordinary run of the nation’s football team, the Blue Sharks, at the…
06 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | Nonsense graduations
Apart from a whinge over the schools’ alleged exploitative pricing of the affairs, a more substantive contribution by Stewart Jacobs and his National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ)…
06 Jul, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | Power and water: Backbone of productivity and competitiveness
Jamaica’s electrical and water infrastructure is too fragile, exposed, and outdated to be restored in the old way. The scale of the damage shows that reconstruction requires redesign for future…
06 Jul, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Renewing democracy
In the early decades of the 19th century, the French journalist Alexis de Tocquevillle traversed the United States, then about the same age as Jamaica is now.
Fresh from the chaos of the revolution…
05 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | Philip Pierre’s challenge
Philip Pierre, St Lucia’s prime minister, is correct about the potential of Caribbean integration and what regional citizens should expect from their countries’ membership of the Caribbean Community…
05 Jul, 2026
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Winston Anderson | Should CARICOM Day be a Caribbean national holiday?
In July 2021, the question was posed in The Gleaner: Why is CARICOM Day not a national holiday throughout the Caribbean? Five years later, in July 2026, the issue arises again for consideration by our…