Commentary

The Prime Minister and members of his cabinet pose for a photo: In front row (from left) are: Desmond McKenzie; Dr. Horace Chang; Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness; Olivia Grange; Robert Montague. Second Row: Daryl Vaz; Pearnel Charles Jr; Audrey Marks; Da
September 2025

Peter Espeut | Some steps forward

A new cabinet with mostly old faces was sworn in on Wednesday. Time will allow for more critical analysis, but I must mention two positive developments, and one must give praise where praise is due.…
In this August photo, low water level is seen in Mona Reservoir.
September 2025

Kristen Gyles | The perennial drought

I have now had an uninterrupted water supply for two days straight. This is truly cause for jubilation since, as of July, when the NWC announced its annual water restriction schedule, water has been a…
The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian calypso singer
September 2025

Tony Deyal | Blue blue, boo boo or who?

Have you seen Lord Melody? The police are making inquiries Please if you see the Boo Boo man Get in touch with the nearest police station Ah hear he have a big maintenance case Causing a…
Youths use wheelbarrows to carry debris out of their homes, which were damaged by gang violence, in the Solino neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, September 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
September 2025

Ronald Sanders | Haiti needs single strategy, real money, and political discipline

I return to a focus on Haiti because it is too easy for the world to discard the situation in that beleaguered country. In part, it is precisely because insufficient attention has been paid to Haiti…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
September 2025

Editorial | Extend personal income tax debate

With the general election concluded with another victory for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), the Holness administration should extend with itself the debate about income tax policy it had with the…
Major Basil Jarrett
September 2025

Basil Jarrett | Don’t sit on it – your prostate will thank you

SOME DAYS ago, I had to visit a friend at the Tony Thwaites Wing (TTW) of the University Hospital of the West Indies. TTW has always puzzled me. For years, it had sort of developed a reputation as the…
Earl Jarrett, chairman of the ECJ.
September 2025

Editorial | ECJ must speak

This newspaper has no question about the competence of Glasspole Brown or his capacity to speak with authority about the technical aspects of the conduct of elections in Jamaica. But when it comes to…
Trump ... destroying the international rules-based system, flawed though it may be.
September 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | Is indiscipline stifling development?

Heeding discipline shows the way to life – The book of Proverbs Without discipline there is no life. – Katharine Hepburn
Golding ... shows promise – brains, steadiness, and a willingness to be his own man.
September 2025

Norris R. McDonald | ‘Ketchie-Shubbie’ politics, the youth and PNP’s identity crisis!

ON SEPTEMBER 3, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) secured another term. From his vantage point, the victory felt hard-fought and well-earned. Opposition Leader Mark…