In Focus
22 Feb, 2026
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Mark Wignall | A smile, a giggle, the cruelty
“The Trump administration is deliberately plunging Cuba into a national and humanitarian crisis, and the US-imposed blockade of oil imports is wreaking havoc on daily life for Cubans,” was the general…
15 Feb, 2026
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Dennis Minott | Leaders that despise accountability harm people
In the months following Hurricane Melissa, one word has echoed across Jamaica: accountability. It is spoken in taxis, at cookshops, on talk radio, in staff rooms, and in the corridors of Parliament.…
15 Feb, 2026
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Mark Shields | How Jamaica transformed the investigation of serious crime
The recent announcement by the Jamaica Constabulary Force of the creation of a Specialised Investigation Branch (SIB) is more than a routine organisational change. It represents the latest step in a…
15 Feb, 2026
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Qu Dongyu | As glaciers melt, world’s hidden water banks are at risk
Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks - are a source of life for billions. The seasonal melt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers such as the Indus, the…
15 Feb, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Cover up by legislation?
The latest affront to Constitutional governance was conducted in the Senate on Friday February 6 when a proposed Bill to amend the Financial Investigation Division Act (FIDA) was passed into law. The…
15 Feb, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Transformation in patient care needed now
The doctor wears on her sleeves her need to see and experience the sort of cultural transformation needed at the The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) “... it [UHWI] must remain steadfast…
15 Feb, 2026
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Sabrina Barnes | Cultural retention in Jamaica
There is an uncomfortable habit in Jamaica: we mourn loudly, memorialise briefly, and then move on until the next cultural giant dies. Each passing reignites the same questions about legacy,…
08 Feb, 2026
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Jalil Dabdoub | ‘Joke ting’ governance
Jamaica has a governance problem that cannot be ignored. The State repeatedly passes laws without first constructing the legal, institutional, physical and constitutional infrastructure necessary to…
08 Feb, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | We are not serious
Three Sundays ago ( What the hell the Police can do) I took a swipe at our justice system. I wrote: “Supreme Court publishes general clearance rates (56 per cent in 2025) but no statistics regarding…