In Focus

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding surrounded by supporters during Nomination Day activities on August 18.
August 30, 2026

Jalil Dabdoub | Anancy and the politics of fear

The Gleaner’s recent report, “PNP bets on democratic socialism”, has produced the reaction one might have expected. Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has warned that Jamaica cannot afford a return to the “destructive and painful policies of the 1970s”, which he attributes to the “misguided philosophy” of democratic socialism. Similar messages are reportedly being circulated by JLP MPs and ministers through community WhatsApp groups.

Read more
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
August 30, 2026

Mark Wignall | Dr Holness, come better than this!

This follows on from my column last week. The August 11 operation to remove the squatters and their “homes” from the land at Coopers Pen was well planned. It started at 3 a.m. I had pointed out that…
1
August 30, 2026

Aubrey Stewart | Beyond PNP or JLP country: Jamaica’s performance voters

For generations, Jamaica’s political landscape has been drawn as “PNP country” or “JLP country”. Here, party loyalty has often been more than a choice made on Election Day. It can feel almost…
August 30, 2026

Dennis A Minott | Trustee for, or traitor to, the Jamaican State?

There is a fundamental question that every public official in Jamaica should be required to confront, preferably before taking the oath of office, and certainly before signing agreements that bind…
Mark Golding, president of the People’s National Party.
August 30, 2026

Gordon Robinson | If it quacks like a duck ...

It now seems confirmed that PNP is determined to successfully complete a kamikaze mission. Two Saturdays ago Gleaner’s lengthy front page headline read “PNP bets on democratic socialism – Golding…
August 23, 2026

Wayne Wesley | CTEC is going to work ...

The Gleaner editorial published on August 21, titled “If CTEC is to work ...”, raises important questions regarding the Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC), CXC’s new modular certification…
August 23, 2026

Michael Taylor | Before the taps run dry

On April 16, to be exact, I did something I don’t normally do. I shared a forecast, and my concerns about it, with colleagues and acquaintances in a few agencies where I had contacts. I was concerned…
Jalil Dabdoub
August 23, 2026

Jalil Dabdoub | Sherene Golding-Campbell is right

In a recent post on X, Sherene Golding-Campbell raised a question that goes to the heart of Jamaica’s political culture: Why do so many of us analyse political commentary not on its merits but…
A demolished home in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny.
August 23, 2026

Gordon Robinson | It’s a vote begging contest

The critical concern from the recent Coopers Pen debacle is the rule of law is endangered by politics. Illegal squatters were forcefully evicted in an August 11 pre-dawn operation seemingly on the…
Some of the buses procured by the Government for the rural school bus system.
August 23, 2026

Mark Wignall | Big success in rural school bus system

According to Daryl Vaz, minister of energy, telecommunications and transport, “Jamaica, irrespective of our differences in thought, this is something that we must build upon. Numbers don’t lie, and I…