Commentary
March 7, 2026
Tony Deyal | What’s this world coming to?
I was trying to understand where we are now in March 2026. More importantly, considering what this world is coming to, where do we go from here? I was looking at a column about people and it scared me…
March 7, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Global cost of Iran war, and the Caribbean fallout
It is a mistake to believe that the war in Iran and the retaliatory actions in the Gulf are too far away to matter to the Caribbean. The fallout is already reaching the region, pushing up the costs of…
March 6, 2026
Editorial | Partnering with Africa
Last week’s announcement by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) of a two-thirds increase in its financing cap for the Caribbean – to US$5 billion over the next four years – was important.
March 6, 2026
Peter Espeut | Gold, glory and Orwell
The Christians are in Lent, the Muslims are in Ramadan, and the United States (US) is at war. The Catholic hierarchy in the US largely supported Donald Trump in the last US presidential election…
March 6, 2026
Kristen Gyles | The law that was ‘nailed to the Cross’
“He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.” A few years ago, in response to an article I wrote expressing discomfort with the concept of capital punishment, someone quoted…
March 5, 2026
Editorial | Food security and war
With the war in the Gulf region, it is unlikely that Andrew Dyer will set off to Dubai any time soon to teach mathematics. He may, however, still seek an alternative to onion farming if he continues…
March 5, 2026
Basil Jarrett | Blessed Assurance and the children Melissa almost erased
Nearly six months since Hurricane Melissa turned Western Jamaica upside down, life has returned to normal for most Jamaicans. I say most because unless you are a fan of blue tarpaulins as a statement…
March 5, 2026
SSP Diaries | The thirst for power
The US attack on Iran on 28 February 2026 comes as no surprise to many and continues to be indicative of a very dangerous, undemocratic trend. The fact that Israel is a wilful partner in these…
March 5, 2026
Kai-Ann D. Skeete | 20 years later… has the CARICOM Single Market really grown?
January 2006 marked the official start of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) after its launch in Kingston, Jamaica. Then, we were hopeful that the Caribbean would see the benefits of the free movement of…