Commentary
25 Jan, 2026
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Editorial | UHWI procurement: recovery or funeral?
Over the last 30 years, scandals and controversies relating to governance and accountability have become normalised in Jamaica. Over that period the rate of economic growth has averaged less than one…
25 Jan, 2026
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Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | From long-awaited change to urgent action
For many Jamaicans, Hurricane Melissa will be remembered as one of the most devastating events of 2025. Its impacts were severe, affecting homes, livelihoods, infrastructure, and communities across…
25 Jan, 2026
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Garth Rattray | What was great about America?
The current policy in the United States is to make America great again. The new political initiatives include the implementation of strict and very active enforcement of immigration laws and securing…
25 Jan, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Bench or jury?
A senior defence attorney stridently said to me, that under no circumstance would he support judge-only (bench) trials, because given the present scenario surrounding the makeup and operations of the…
25 Jan, 2026
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Floyd Morris | The forgotten Jamaicans in the labour market
Recently, at a function for the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB), the affable Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information (MESYI), Dana Morris Dixon, spoke about her concern of employment…
24 Jan, 2026
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Editorial | Governance of the high seas
As a small island state Jamaica has a vested interest in the good health of the world oceans, including areas outside of its territorial waters. The logic is obvious. There are no physical barriers…
24 Jan, 2026
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Tony Deyal | If Elon Musk say so is so!
Coming back to Trinidad after a great time in Barbados, and hearing some of the folks there and in Trinidad saying given they will have the usual bacchanal in “Barbados,” especially with a “just-so”…
24 Jan, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | As migration closes, CARICOM must build jobs at home
On January 14, the US Department of State announced that, effective January 21, it would pause the issuance of all immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, including 11 in the Caribbean…
23 Jan, 2026
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Editorial | CARICOM and Carney
Mark Carney’s speech in Davos on Tuesday should be required reading – or listening – for all heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). While Mr Carney, Canada’s prime minister, didn’t…