Commentary
March 15, 2026
Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 2
The greatest contributing factors to our falling total fertility rate (TFR) are economic hardship and little or no expectation / hope for a better future.
March 15, 2026
Jaevion Nelson | New commitment to end AIDS in Jamaica
In 2024, one thousand one hundred people contracted HIV and around 25 per cent of them were young people between 15 and 24 years. Consequently, Jamaica is one of four countries contributing to 90 per…
March 15, 2026
Orville Taylor | Get ‘red’ of it
Not a piece of bloody cloth; the Jamaican flag has no red. More than 15 countries, including 11 African nations, have some modality of the red, green, and gold. With black and white as a base colour,…
March 15, 2026
Eric Falt | Beneath the sea
Last week, UNESCO, in partnership with the Jamaican Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and with the financial support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation…
March 14, 2026
Editorial | Bracing for El Niño
Weather scientists are calling it ‘super’ and ‘Godzilla’ as the El Niño weather phenomenon takes effect after a two-year respite. El Niño is part of a broader climate cycle and is linked with…
March 14, 2026
Tony Deyal | Read, write and teach
To my daughter, Marsha Deyal, who followed her father’s footsteps in journalism and teaching. A kid asked his dad, “What’s a man?” The father replied, “A man is someone who is responsible and cares…
March 14, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Haitians should not be forgotten or left stranded
Amid the current turmoil in the world, it is important that, in the Americas, we should not forget the urgent humanitarian and political crisis confronting the Haitian people.
March 13, 2026
Editorial | Fix public sector accounts
While any amount that helps to get the job done is welcome, given the scale of the problem, an allocation of J$18.8 million in this fiscal year, presumably to pay private professionals for helping…
March 13, 2026
Leroy Fearon | Guardians of truth now guarded by compassion
In a profession defined by long hours, public scrutiny, and relentless commitment to truth, journalists are often the first to tell the stories of others’ hardship. Rarely, however, do we pause to…