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Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), are seen in the Five Miles area of Sligoville in St Catherine where three of their colleagues were shot and three gunmen killed in an operation.
October 25, 2026

Mickel Jackson | Why command responsibility matters

Between 1982 and 2025, four hundred and seventeen members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were killed. Some died in the line of duty. Others were killed because they were members of the force. The figures show clear peaks – 20 in 1984, 19 in 2007, 18 in 2010 – followed by a sustained decline into the low single digits: four in 2023, five in 2024, and four in 2025. Notwithstanding the reduction, law enforcement continues to operate in difficult conditions marked by organised gang violence and illegal high-powered weapons.

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Doreen Gordon
25 Oct, 2026 0

Fabio Barbosa dos Santos and Doreen Gordon | Brazil’s elections: What is at stake for the Caribbean and beyond

A significant electoral race is taking place in Brazil between Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro (currently under house arrest for his role in a 2022 coup attempt), and…
An aerial view of Black River, Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
25 Oct, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | Jamaica’s governance in mortal danger

Last Sunday’s analysis of NaRRA’s purpose generated more than usual amount of feedback. A Jamaican/American/German Attorney, born and nurtured here but migrated in 1977 and runs a Florida family law…
25 Oct, 2026 0

Moya Rhoe-Craigg | From school health survey to action

The 2026 Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) has uncovered that among Jamaican children aged 13 to 17 years, the prevalence of overweight has risen significantly from 23.3 per cent in…
This Great House is one of Jamaica’s oldest, continually inhabited houses.
25 Oct, 2026 0

Patricia Green | Building resilient should entail preserving heritage architecture

The hurricane season returns to the Atlantic every year, from June till November, and Jamaica has been shaped by it for centuries, as the first anniversary of Hurricane Melissa approaches. Two…
Steven Golding
25 Oct, 2026 0

Steven Golding | Karmic debt of Maafa and curse of reparations plaguing the British Government

Maafa is a Kiswahili term meaning “Great Disaster”. It is used by Pan-Africanists today to refer to the “African Holocaust”, which defines the centuries of horrific suffering, systemic destruction,…
This photo shows Digicel building where NaRRA is proposing to house their offices.
18 Oct, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | Why so expensive paper pushers?

So National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) has started with neither bang nor whimper but a loud, smelly belch. Or has it? Started I mean? I ask because the 40-million-dollar man…
Mark Wignall
18 Oct, 2026 0

Mark Wignall | Shelly-Ann taught us well

In watching Shelly-Ann Fraser (Pocket Rocket) give freely of her excess of naivety at her first big outing in 2008, she seemingly asks herself, as we gaze at her totality and glimpse back at her…
The Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain
18 Oct, 2026 0

A.J. Nicholson | Wielding the awesome power of overlords

For their Heroes Week get-together at their village in the foothills of Bull Head Mountain, the pre-determined topic for discussion by Farmer Joe and his compadres was: “This governing political party…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (left) and JFF president Michael Ricketts at the Jamaica-Guatemala Nations League football match at the National Stadium in St Andrew on Friday, September 25.
18 Oct, 2026 0

Don Dobson | FIFA, Infantino, JFF and the dark side of sports governance

Gianni Infantino’s re-election campaign is in full swing, with the Caribbean emerging as a key battleground. The region’s 21 votes could prove decisive in whether he secures the 106 required to retain…