In Focus
April 12, 2026
Diana Thorburn | Changing Jamaica’s adoption law is necessary
There are several explanations for why, despite approximately 4,500 children in state care – of whom roughly 2,000 are in children’s homes and well over 1,000 in foster care – fewer than 20 wards of…
April 12, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Inexcusable!
It now seems evident that the rancid, rotten reek emanating from University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) isn’t caused by patients. UHWI’s administration and Board are slowly but surely being…
April 12, 2026
Adekeye Adebajo | Who will save Cuba from Trump?
Cuba is currently under an oil blockade imposed by a Donald Trump administration bent on “regime change”. This follows a US blockade enforced since 1959 against the former Communist enclave, following…
April 12, 2026
Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel | Celebrating OAS-Jamaica partnership
Each year, Pan American Day invites us to reflect on a shared vision – one rooted in cooperation, solidarity, and the belief that the countries of the Americas are stronger together. In 2026, that…
April 12, 2026
Mark Wignall | When we were good
On my mind last Thursday was Mr Dennis Gordon, People’s National Party (PNP) politician and the political man of the moment. He is executive chairman of Jacden Group of Companies. If you really want…
April 12, 2026
Dennis Minott | Hopefuls: Waitlist illusion, real opportunity awaits
Somewhere in the Rupununi of Guyana, far from the ceremonial gates of elite universities, an A-QuEST sixth-form Docling, a boy at a modest technical high school has been quietly solving a problem that…
April 4, 2026
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie and Mickel Jackson | Building back better requires more than a name
“Build Back Better” and “Resilience” are two terms that have been repeated ad nauseam since Hurricane Melissa. They are dusted off after every major disaster, inspiring good talk that does not always…
April 4, 2026
Patricia Green | Embrace vernacular architecture for climate-resilient structures
Riddle-mi-dis/riddle-me dat, guess me this riddle and paraps not. “… A man mek him house an’ him sleep outside …”. Or say it another way, “… A man build a fine upstairs house, and he have to sleep…
April 4, 2026
Dennis Minott | Killing in God’s name: A Lenten reckoning
In the reflective hush of Lent, Christians are called to examine themselves with uncommon honesty. It is a season that strips away pretence, confronts us with the cost of discipleship, and insists…