In Focus
25 Oct, 2026
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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…
25 Oct, 2026
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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,…
18 Oct, 2026
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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…
18 Oct, 2026
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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…
18 Oct, 2026
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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…
18 Oct, 2026
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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…
18 Oct, 2026
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Xinyu Addae Lee | Where is the line of reasonableness for hospitalised patients?
The healthcare system has been in sharp focus recently. There is a constant outcry regarding the low standard of care that pervades hospitals across the country. Whether that be related to long…
18 Oct, 2026
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Dennis A. Minott | What can go so, Dr Holness Government?
A question now circulates through Jamaican public discourse with growing urgency: whose economic reality is NaRRA’s executive compensation package designed to serve? For a nation still struggling with…
18 Oct, 2026
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Imani Tafari-Ama | Reconstruction is also about priorities
Almost a year after Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica, a rather extraordinary juxtaposition confronts us. On one side is the continuing struggle of Jamaicans whose homes, livelihoods and…