Commentary

The SSP Diaries
05 Feb, 2026 0

SSP Diaries | Sitting on the fence is never an option

Sitting on the proverbial fence, trying to ride out the ‘storms’ of the region cannot be an acceptable option for any democratic country. The recent unilateral actions taken by the current US…
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, January 20.
04 Feb, 2026 0

Editorial | Canada-CARICOM trade

With Mark Carney keen to expand Canada’s global economic relationships to lessen its reliance on the United States, the time may be propitious for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to seek to rekindle…
People holding a banner against President Donald Trump, march outside the U.S. Embassy to protest the killing of Cuban officers during the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 16.
04 Feb, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | Tariffs coercion – this time, target Cuba

This week, there are several issues which could be substantially addressed in this column relating to national, regional and international trade relations. A curious one is an article in The Sunday…
Norris McDonald
04 Feb, 2026 0

Norris R. McDonald |Jamaica’s ‘curry cow’ education system: a battle for cultural sovereignty

There are few tragedies more enduring than an education system that systematically undermines the very people it claims to uplift. In Jamaica, where more than 11 per cent of the adult population…
04 Feb, 2026 0

Tamara Green | When cancer turns lives upside down, care steps in

Cancer does not only affect the body. It turns lives upside down. On this World Cancer Day, before we speak of systems, strategies, or statistics, we should first recognise the people who step forward…
An employee of China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) constructs a retaining wall along the St Thomas main road in the vicinity of the Grants Pen community in 2020.
03 Feb, 2026 0

Editorial | Demand for skills training

In Panama last week, Kamina Johnson Smith, the foreign affairs and foreign trade minister, told international investors that the island’s post-hurricane reconstruction made Jamaica the right place for…
03 Feb, 2026 0

Ree-Anna Robinson | Mental health in a polycrisis

People in Jamaica are facing several concurrent challenges, including: a high cost of living, a pending global recession, rising tensions within our region, crime and violence, as well as successive…
Federal agents stand near the site of a shooting in Minneapolis.
03 Feb, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | Necrotic narcissism

Current activities by USA Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) are raising hackles everywhere. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, killings of American citizens Renee Good, just after she dropped…
Dean Jones, founder of Jamaica Homes
03 Feb, 2026 0

AI enters Jamaican real estate, raising questions of accuracy and responsibility

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming increasingly common in real estate offices worldwide, and Jamaica is no exception. From drafting property descriptions to enhancing images and managing…