In Focus

The Caribbean stands at a pivotal moment. Across the region, countries are making impressive strides in economic reform, debt management, and climate resilience. Yet, the path to sustainable development remains steep, marked by persistent...

With the election scheduled for this year, the right to vote remains both a civic responsibility and a cornerstone of democracy. However, voter apathy persists as a significant concern, particularly among young adults in Jamaica’s national...

I have heard and read some idiotic arguments and responses to the call for accountability for egregious behaviour which enriches political leaders. But the worst, perhaps the most idiotic, is the response to demands for accountability for betrayal...

In her seminal 1963 work Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, political philosopher Hannah Arendt startled the world by painting a deeply unsettling portrait – not of a fanatic, nor a monster, but of a terrifyingly ordinary...

The last proper whipping handed out from one political party to the other was in September 2020 when the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) secured 49 seats and the People’s National Party (PNP) had to lap its tail and silently lament with 14 seats. One...

The presidents of five west and central African states – Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberia’s Joseph Boakai, Guinea-Bissau’s Umaro Cissoko Embaló, Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and Gabon’s Brice Oligui Nguema - recently visited United...

The signs are everywhere. People across Jamaica question whether their income keeps pace with skyrocketing prices. Young people wonder if they’ll find decent employment opportunities. The education system struggles to prepare children for the...

The time for polite debate is over. It is now a matter of survival. We write to call for the criminalisation of climate change denial across Jamaica and all CARICOM member states. Moreover, we urge that the deliberate misrepresentation of non-...

Jamaica stands on the verge of another general election — but, instead of vision, the air is thick with noise. Not the noise of bold ideas or nation-shaping policies, but a clamour filled with viral dances, petty feuds, and TikTok theatrics that...

If we’re ever to understand why we must urgently sever colonial links; implement real constitutional reform; emancipate Jamaicans from mental slavery; chart a new path, we must first stop over-rating “English justice”. We are often taught that “...

The recent discovery of a caregiver living with the mummified body of a deceased care recipient in the person’s home is more than a headline. It is a sobering indication of how older people, and those who care for them, can slip through the cracks...

In a region where hunger has cast a persistent shadow for generations, from the debt crises of the 1980s through the volatility of the 1990s to the recent shock of COVID-19, an unexpected and powerful development is now emerging: Latin America and...