In Focus
11 Oct, 2026
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Peta Gay Ferguson | When principle comes at a price
There was a time when Jamaica understood that being small did not mean we had to speak small. We emerged into independence without great military or economic power, but with our voice, our history,…
11 Oct, 2026
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Delano Seiveright | Government cannot supply your ambition
I recently addressed students at The University of the West Indies’ inaugural International Undergraduate Student Leadership Conference and Entrepreneurship Exhibition, organised under the leadership…
11 Oct, 2026
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Huon Wardle | ‘It’s complicated’ can be the start of a richer conversation
The phrase ‘it’s complicated’ is often used to end difficult conversations. But when it comes to understanding the afterlives of slavery and trying to capture attention to the international…
11 Oct, 2026
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Dennis A. Minott | How silence dependably fortifies daily evil
One silence listens, another grieves, and another protects a frightened person from retaliation. None of these deserves our contempt. Yet there is also wicked silence: the calculated see-no-evil,…
11 Oct, 2026
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Mark Wignall | I remember the times
There are times when my father sits down in my memory and refuses to budge, way beyond June 21. In fact, it is mainly because of his love for his children. I don’t ever recall crying for my two boys,…
11 Oct, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Propaganda in pictures
With apologies to the late, great Charlie Hyatt, when I was a bwoy, movies were exciting events. Going to the movies, especially drive-in movies, was like a road trip and hotel stay all in one. I…
04 Oct, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Lawyers not lawyerin’
So, some criminal defence lawyers took to the street to protest mandatory minimum sentences in the Firearms Act. When Government didn’t budge, they went on strike, withdrawing their services on Monday…
04 Oct, 2026
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Jalil Dabdoub | What we carried with us
I am frequently asked why Palestine occupies much of my writing. The answer is simple: because behind the headlines and injustices are human lives, exactly like those of the women who raised me. I…
04 Oct, 2026
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Aubrey Stewart | The Firearms Act: What should be kept, and what should be fixed?
For almost four years, Jamaica has lived with one of the toughest firearm laws in its history. Now, members of the legal profession, led by the Jamaica Bar Association (JAMBAR) and the Advocates’…