Commentary
27 Mar, 2026
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Editorial | Welcome tax recalibration
The government’s decision to recalibrate two of the critical tax measures recently announced by Finance Minister Fayval Williams goes to the credit of the administration and is welcomed by this…
27 Mar, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Vaya con dios, Cubanos
My family has been a beneficiary of the Cuban Medical Brigade. For some years, my wife, Velia, has been a patient of Dr Roberto Mirales, senior ophthalmologist in the Cuban Eye Care Programme at St…
27 Mar, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Born without my consent
In 2019, a man in the western Indian city of Mumbai threatened to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. He also refused to work because, well, being forced to live in this world…
27 Mar, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | Stage over screen: Reclaiming the intellectual soul of storytelling
On this World Theatre Day, we are invited not merely to celebrate theatre, but to interrogate the evolving landscape of storytelling itself. In an era dominated by high-budget cinema and…
27 Mar, 2026
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Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | March 29 proclaimed Education and Sharing Day
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, when communities in the Western parishes were cut off, homeless families were sleeping outdoors, and the roads were barely passable, stories of hope and kindness…
26 Mar, 2026
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Editorial | CARICOM and Cuba
Shamed by the regional press and ordinary citizens over the lethargy with which it has responded to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Cuba, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this week announced…
26 Mar, 2026
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Dashawn Carter and Rashaun Stewart | Why keep it a secret?
The conversation about the sexual offenders’ registry is characterised by the intense contention between the interests of the public good and the rights of perpetrators. This contention seems to be an…
26 Mar, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | Jamaica’s inclusion readiness has a missing engine: the physical education teacher
Across Jamaica, we keep describing an inclusion goal while under building the one workforce that can stabilise it daily. We talk about Vision 2030, equity and access. Yet the practical reality inside…
26 Mar, 2026
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Dean Jones | Jamaica on the edge: How a distant war could hit home harder than expected
The world has seen oil shocks before. But what is unfolding now in the Middle East is not merely another spike in energy prices – it is a structural disruption with the potential to ripple through…