Have Your Say USA Sep 12, 2026

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it:  President Donald Trump speaks on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 tragedy

Reading Time: 8 minutesBelow is President of the United States Donald Trump’s full address at a Pentagon memorial event to honour those who died as a result of the terrorist attack on the…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 11, 2026

Crawford re-proposes student hosting programme to reduce risk to children amidst school reconstruction

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Opposition Spokesperson on Education, I am deeply disappointed by the Government’s continued refusal to seriously consider our proposed Solidarity Student Exchange Programme. This, we believe, was a structured contingency…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 9, 2026

Pamela Redwood | Bullying, Violence and the Lives of Our Students: Jamaica Needs a Reset

Reading Time: 4 minutesThere is a conversation Jamaica urgently needs to have, and it is one that cannot be postponed any longer: bullying, violence and the safety of our students. No parent wants to…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 9, 2026

Dennis A. Minott | OUR — Three Letters, One Enormous Question: Who Owns Jamaica’s Beaches?

Reading Time: 14 minutesI learned to swim in Portland. Not in a hotel pool. Not in a private club. Not behind a resort gate. Not after producing a credit card, presenting a passport,…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 8, 2026

Damion Crawford | To our beloved children of Jamaica, train to be champions – Lets maximize your promise, potential and possibilities

Reading Time: 4 minutesToday marks the first day of a brand-new school year, and as you step into your classrooms across our beautiful island, I want you to know Jamaica is counting on…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 8, 2026

Raymond Pryce | Rethinking Water Management in Jamaican Agriculture

Reading Time: 5 minutesFor generations, Jamaican agriculture has relied on seasonal rainfall to sustain crops, livestock and rural livelihoods. As rainfall patterns become less predictable, the country’s future will depend less on how…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 8, 2026

R.A. Grant | Rebuilding Jamaica’s schools requires partnership, not blame

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe recent pronouncements about the shortage of registered contractors available to rebuild schools damaged by Hurricane Melissa require a more balanced and honest conversation. Before we place the blame on…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 7, 2026

Nickiesha Findley | Gatekeeping, or Professional Standards?

Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring a recent CVM Television discussion featuring Jamaica Teachers’ Association President La Sonja Harrison, interviewer Tyrone Reid accused “you educators” of “just being gatekeepers” as Harrison attempted to distinguish between…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 7, 2026

Ladif | The truth sandwich distorter: When the wrapper becomes the message: The Hickey, the Range Rover and the Price of Love

Reading Time: 6 minutesThere is a rhetorical device that deserves greater attention in our increasingly influential podcast culture: the “truth sandwich.” It is the practice of placing a questionable or false proposition between…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 7, 2026

Douglas Levermore | The Battle for the Beach: Saving paradise before it slips away

Reading Time: 7 minutesThere are few experiences more calming than arriving at the beach just after sunrise. The air is cool and fresh. The rhythmic crashing of the waves replaces the noise of…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 6, 2026

The Wright Way | Did democratic socialism legitimise squatting in Jamaica?

Reading Time: 7 minutesJamaica’s squatting crisis did not begin in the 1970s, and it will not be solved by arguing about the 1970s alone. But the question still matters: did the democratic socialist…

Have Your Say JAM Sep 6, 2026

Ambraee Houslin | What the listed consumer complex is telling us about the Jamaican household

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe listed consumer names are the highest-frequency instrument we have for reading the Jamaican household. Quarterly national accounts arrive with a lag and are revised. The consumer price index tells…