Commentary

Dorey McPherson awaiting the arrival of firefighters to free her trapped leg after several failed efforts by passers-by who rushed to her aid.
September 2025

Editorial | Morant Bay, Negril and small things

Morant Bay and Negril are at different ends of Jamaica. The former is in the east, on the island’s south coast. It is the capital of the parish of St Thomas, which lags the rest of Jamaica in…
In this January photo, heavy presence of security forces is seen on Wellington Street in Spanish Town, after the fatal shooting of alleged don ‘Thickman’ during a police operation.
September 2025

Michael Abrahams | ‘Good’ shootouts are bad

Last week, there was a deadly shootout in Mandeville where a man shot and killed another after a dispute, rumoured to be about payment for eggs. The gunman fled the scene, but the security forces…
People are seen waiting in Edgewater to cast their votes.
September 2025

Gordon Robinson | The essence of passengers

It was two weeks after Apocrypha’s general elections but Oma D’unn was still busy fielding electoral complaints. Regular visitors to that fantasyland where all politicians are friends remember retired…
Gleaner editorial writes: While Jamaica’s size (with a population of nearly three million) helps to give it CARICOM's third largest economy (US$21.41 billion, according to the IMF) in nominal terms, it lags on a per capita basis ... A skewed income dist
September 2025

Editorial | The urgency of growth

Anyone with even a passing interest in investments and how long it will take their capital to double at a specific rate of return is likely to be aware of the Rule of 70. It is a simple tool based in…
The New York Young Republicans Club holds a vigil for Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk at Madison Square Park on Friday, September 12, in New York.
September 2025

Editorial | Lesson for the United States, Brazil

Two events in other places this week were raw reminders that for all of its failings, there are important things about Jamaica that are worthy of celebration. Not least of these is the island’s…
In this file photo, a group of students is seen standing at their school gate.
September 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Defeating ourselves

When expediency trumps principle, when selfishness or drunken power overtake self-restraint and mutuality, tragic damage is done to the human experience. Share with me some local and international…
Howard Mitchell and Michael McAnuff-Jones write: The nation deserves representatives who earn trust, command respect, and possess the demonstrated capacity to lead with integrity.
September 2025

Howard Mitchell and Michael McAnuff-Jones | MPs require capabilities, not checklists

The creation of a formal job description for members of parliament (MP), as proposed in the 2023 Green Paper No. 3 and recently endorsed by a Joint Select Committee, aims to enhance accountability and…
Bruce Golding
September 2025

Bruce Golding | Whither jury trials?

Some two decades ago, I received a summons for jury duty. My attorney pointed out to the Clerk of Courts that as a member of parliament I was exempt from jury service and the summons was withdrawn. In…
Mayank Joshi, high commissioner of India to Jamaica
September 2025

Mayank Joshi | India’s GST 2.0: For simpler tax, stronger growth

When India first rolled out the goods and services tax (GST) in July 2017, country’s biggest economic reform since liberalisation, it was hailed as a “path-breaking legislation for New India.” Eight…