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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…
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…

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…
August 30, 2026

Port Authority seeks design studies for mixed-use Port in St Thomas, marina in Hanover

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has moved a step closer to developing two new ports at opposite ends of the island. The PAJ opened a competitive tender for engineering design studies covering a…
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Flat Bridge, built around 1770, results in the island relying on eighteenth century technology to connect two halves of the island.
August 30, 2026

From tragedy to reform – The next frontier in road safety

On July 29, 2025, Jamaica lost Garfield Batts, a 59‑year‑old mechanical engineer, in a manner both sudden and profoundly preventable. His motor vehicle plunged off the roadway into the Rio Cobre River…
Colombian Ambassador to Jamaica Emiliana Bernard Stephenson addressing the gathering at the service to honour Rev’d Philip Beekman Livingston Jr at the East Queen Street Baptist Church, downtown Kingston on Sunday, August 16.
August 30, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

J’can and San Andrean Baptists honour Philip Beekman Livingston Jr

Philip Beekman Livingston Jr was a descendant of British people who owned plantations in Jamaica and the now Colombian archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Catalina. When Emancipation came along…
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August 30, 2026

Dwight Fletcher | The Church and the future of Jamaica

Jamaica is a small nation with an extraordinary global influence. Through our music, sport, culture and people, we have made an impact far beyond our shores. Central to the story of Jamaica has been…
Major-Campbell
August 30, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Cries from the ocean floor

Is there a place for forgiveness in conversations around the transatlantic slave trade? Since the Caribbean has a rich Christian tradition, shouldn’t we be more willing to forgive the colonial…
 Rev Gabriel Agbo
August 30, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | The Word of God is unstoppable

The word of God is unstoppable, irrevocable, impregnable, immutable and infallible. Stop fidgeting. Stop complaining about it. Our God is able and faithful. Yes, Jesus said that everything is possible…