Commentary
January 19, 2026
Simone A. Williams | Why Jamaica’s water laws deliver infrastructure…but not universal service
Jamaica has no shortage of water laws. For more than a century, Parliament has passed legislation to govern water supply, protect watersheds, control floods, license abstraction, regulate utility…
January 18, 2026
Editorial | New strategies for new era
A comforting story of multilateralism and liberal democracy that has guided Caribbean thinking for the last 70-80 years is fast disappearing. The region has to face a new era without an open world…
January 18, 2026
Curtis Ward | Words of war could be deadly in 2026
The recent exchange of harsh words and threats of violence between President Donald Trump and Iran government officials represents a mere smidgen of the hate that exists between the Trump…
January 18, 2026
Dennis Blake | Why Jamaica’s churches must move from pews to policy
For generations, the Church has been one of Jamaica’s most trusted institutions. In communities where schools struggled, families fractured, and governments changed, the Church remained – steady,…
January 18, 2026
Garth Rattray | The Sargassum seaweed can be useful
Recently, I saw a short documentary on the Sargassum seaweed ‘invasion’ of the Caribbean Sea. Then I recalled that my wife and several of her relatives encountered mounds of the seaweed on the beach…
January 18, 2026
Orville Taylor | Jamaica: Our bed of roses
One of the stupidest expressions used regularly is “Life is not a bed of roses” When our relatives and friends migrate north, they often say it in reference to ‘Farrin’. Now, every Jamaican knows that…
January 17, 2026
Editorial | Prioritise earthquake readiness
Especially after the ruin left by Hurricane Melissa last October, it is understandable that, in the context of disaster preparedness, the attention of most Jamaicans is on hurricanes. The authorities,…
January 17, 2026
Tony Deyal and Zeno Constance | Trini back in town or what?
My son, Zubin, came for Christmas but then took us to Barbados for nine days, including the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026. He and his sister were born in Barbados and so are ‘Bajans’ and very…
January 17, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Visa restrictions and cost of Caribbean disunity
When powerful states act, small states are tempted to personalise the action. When small states fragment, powerful states do not need to explain themselves. That is the lesson CARICOM should draw from…