Commentary
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Lesson for the United States, Brazil
Two events in other places this week were raw reminders that for all of its failings, there are important things about Jamaica that are worthy of celebration. Not least of these is the island’s…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Defeating ourselves
When expediency trumps principle, when selfishness or drunken power overtake self-restraint and mutuality, tragic damage is done to the human experience. Share with me some local and international…
December 9, 2025
Howard Mitchell and Michael McAnuff-Jones | MPs require capabilities, not checklists
The creation of a formal job description for members of parliament (MP), as proposed in the 2023 Green Paper No. 3 and recently endorsed by a Joint Select Committee, aims to enhance accountability and…
December 9, 2025
Bruce Golding | Whither jury trials?
Some two decades ago, I received a summons for jury duty. My attorney pointed out to the Clerk of Courts that as a member of parliament I was exempt from jury service and the summons was withdrawn. In…
December 9, 2025
Mayank Joshi | India’s GST 2.0: For simpler tax, stronger growth
When India first rolled out the goods and services tax (GST) in July 2017, country’s biggest economic reform since liberalisation, it was hailed as a “path-breaking legislation for New India.” Eight…
December 9, 2025
Position Ja as a value-added partner in supply chain
Jamaica is pursuing sustainable development in line with Vision 2030, which aims to secure developed country status by that year. The government highlights recent progress such as new roads, housing,…
December 9, 2025
Offniel Lamont | Physiotherapy and Jamaica’s ageing population
This year’s theme of World Physiotherapy Day was the role of physiotherapy and physical activity in healthy ageing, places the spotlight on preventing frailty and falls, two challenges that determine…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | A functioning JSPCA keeps us safe
I vividly recall the days when the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) was on Spanish Town Road. Just about anyone who had a pet either knew of or went to the JSPCA. It…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | Eternal father… Anthem playing in Tokyo
At least twice, but more likely, thrice, the first stanza of our National Anthem will stream across the screen on TVJ and TVJSN, while we bite our lips, fight the tears, while mischievously saying,…