In Focus

Mark Golding, president of the PNP, greeting supporters at the Cental Jamaica mass meeting held on August 24 ahead of the general election.
December 9, 2025

Mark Wignall | PNP on shaky ground

By way of YouTube, last week I heard a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) intellectual and pragmatist refer to the fullness of the JLP as ‘governmental ‘ administration instead of ‘ruling’ administration as I…
Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s 100m final during the athletics in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, in August 2022.
December 9, 2025

Patrick Robinson | Need for a body of counsellors

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Banana Ground, Manchester, Jamaica is arguably the greatest female sprinter the world has ever seen. For the purpose of the analysis below, I am excluding the records held by…
This photo provided by Gilead Sciences shows a vial of the company’s HIV prevention medication, Yeztugo, (lenacapvir) at a manufacturing facility in La Verne, California.
December 9, 2025

Richard Amenyah | Case for making the Caribbean’s HIV response sustainable

When the Caribbean mounted its bold response to HIV in the 1990s and early 2000s, it did so with the heavy backing of external donors. Through shared responsibility and global solidarity, the World…
December 9, 2025

Ruthlyn James | Fix it or fail our children

In Jamaica, families are fighting battles that few ever see. These are not the battles of indiscipline or “bad behaviour”, as is too often whispered. They are the daily struggles of parents raising…
Abstract illustration of a couple dancing Salsa.
December 9, 2025

Dennis Minott | ‘Music with a Caribbean beat’: A discriminatory distortion’

I praise God for overseas, multicultural, polyglot education Each morning, many Jamaicans tune into a radio segment which promises a generous survey of the region’s astonishing musical variety.