Commentary

Joel Wynter who is suffering from sickle cell disease being tended by his mother.
16 Apr, 2026 0

Jada Morrison | Hidden struggles of living with sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects an estimated 18,000 persons in Jamaica. Common complications include chronic fatigue, frequent infections, severe pain, and damage to vital organs. While many people…
CARICOM leaders with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the 50th Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in February.
16 Apr, 2026 0

Nand C. Bardouille | CARICOM and the new normal in international politics

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is grappling with a protracted period of regional tensions, tied to the new normal in international politics. In some respects, this moment is the bloc’s toughest…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
15 Apr, 2026 0

Editorial | Interlocutor for Kamla

For supporters of regional integration, as expressed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 2025 was, as Queen Elizabeth II characterised 1992, an annus horribilis.
Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of US Senator Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran and opposing US weapons support,
15 Apr, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | War – what is it good for?

Since January, it seems that the news has been full of war, military action, more than usual. We have had military activities continuing in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, the Caribbean,…
Norris McDonald
15 Apr, 2026 0

Norris R. McDonald | Poverty, ghetto survival, and land tenure struggles

Smoke curls from a wattle-and-daub, thatched-roof kren-kren in Epsom, St Mary, as the sun rises over terraced hillsides. Descendants of the Coromantee Maroons survive here through discipline, memory,…
Keenan Falconer, economist with the UN Jamaican Economy Panel.
15 Apr, 2026 0

Keenan Falconer | The financial sector: Striking the right balance

The Gleaner's Editorial on Monday, April 13, made an important intervention as it discussed the ideal role of the financial sector in advancing Jamaica's development prospects.
Dr Kevin Brown, the president of the University of Technology.
14 Apr, 2026 0

Editorial | New language for TVET

Global trends underline the logic of renewed calls for Jamaica to strengthen technical and vocational education and training (TVET). However, it is not clear that policymakers, educators, or other…
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican.
14 Apr, 2026 0

Michael Abrahams | Christian perspectives on the Iran war

On February 28, the US and Israel launched an unprovoked bombing attack on Iran. The country was engaged in negotiations regarding its nuclear programme at the time, but the aggressors claimed it was…
Mark Malabver, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association.
14 Apr, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | The essence of reporting

In Apocrypha, our favourite fantasyland farther away than Artemis II travelled, political consultant Oma D’unn was having a busy week. Last week, Opposition Party Promises Not Performance (PNP)…