Commentary
22 May, 2026
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Luisa Blanco and Isabella Elias | Cuba needs a long-term solution to its energy crisis
Cuba has run out of oil, the country's energy minister announced on May 14, 2026.
It marks a new depth to the island's energy crisis, which has gotten worse in recent months amid the…
23 May, 2026
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Dianne Ashton-Smith | Community-based approach to alcohol misuse deserves support
The approach outlined by Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton in this year’s sectoral debate presentation deserves serious consideration, because it signals a more mature and…
23 May, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Time for women to get their write
Most of us did not know that differences between male and female writers, columnists, and, most importantly, comedians, are more in the social perceptions of their humour, rather than their ability to…
22 May, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Our democracy is not working
The word democracy comes from two Greek words: ‘demos’, which means ‘the people’ or ‘the citizenry’ or ‘civil society’; and ‘kratos’, which means ‘to rule’ or ‘to hold’ or ‘to grasp’. Hence the focus…
21 May, 2026
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Editorial | The EU’s homework
In a May 9 speech celebrating Europe Day and in a subsequent op-ed column in this newspaper, Erja Askola, the European Union’s ambassador to Jamaica, stressed the EU’s desire to deepen its…
21 May, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | Policing symptoms of developmental failure
There is a discomfort many Jamaicans feel but struggle to articulate when they see police officers stationed inside schools. It is not hostility towards the police, but a deeper societal question:…
21 May, 2026
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Sergey Petrovich | Lessons from the Great Victory are relevant, and live on
We marked a solemn occasion – the commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Victory Day is a special and momentous day for us – a day of mourning and a day of…
20 May, 2026
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Editorial | Parliament dilutes its power
For the avoidance of doubt, this newspaper asked Jamaica’s Parliament to clarify the circumstances in which it would feel obliged to prevent, within its chambers, the airing of — or take action on — a…
20 May, 2026
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Lance Neita | Football, anyone?
In spite of the predictions of a global boycott, the fears of US entry restrictions, the quixotic flamboyance of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and the disappointment of Jamaica’s absence from the…