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ILO writes: Fewer people may be unemployed, but many remain trapped in low-productivity, informal and insecure jobs – conditions that undermine long-term growth ...
February 1, 2026

The Caribbean labour market paradox

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 2026 Employment and Social Trends report highlights shifting patterns of employment and social development worldwide, including distinctive trends…
This 2022 photo shows Clarendon Neighbourhood Watch-JCF Peace March which was organised under the theme ‘Resolving Conflict Without The Use Of Violence’.
February 1, 2026

Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn | Beyond the numbers: What peace must mean for Jamaica

As crime trends downward, Jamaica enters the next stage of its crime-reduction strategy, requiring a cultural shift towards peace, prevention, and lasting public trust. Jamaica has made meaningful…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
February 1, 2026

Mark Wignall | When a hurricane blows away a leader

Prime Minister Holness is right now in the process of going through, politically, the roughest period of the post-Hurricane Melissa recovery as expectations rise and governmental logistics continue to…
February 1, 2026

Dennis Minott | Selah: A meaningless word that still commands us to pause

There is a curious little word scattered through the Psalms that has survived millennia of copying, translation, chanting, disputation, and devotion – yet stubbornly refuses to explain itself. Selah.…
File Body-worn cameras on display at the Police Commissioner’s Office in St Andrew.
January 25, 2026

Mark Shields | Body-worn cameras don’t stop bullets – but they can stop lies

When a police officer steps into a volatile situation, a body-worn camera will not disarm a gunman, calm a violent suspect, or magically de-escalate every confrontation. That much is obvious. So when…
AP Children sort through trash at a landfill in al-Bureij camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
January 25, 2026

Jalil Dabdoub | Mandela’s warning: Colonialism, leadership, and the cost of selective principles

There is an irony in watching the United States revive the language of territorial ambition toward Denmark, while Europe gasps in horror. For centuries, Europe refined colonial violence into policy,…
File Allan Bernard writes: When police killings approach a third or more of total violent deaths ... it becomes a question of strategy, proportionality, and legitimacy.
January 25, 2026

Allan Bernard | Why Jamaica must count all its dead

The reduction in Jamaica’s murder rate in 2025 is a development that warrants careful attention. Recording 673 murders, the lowest figure in more than three decades, represents a notable departure…
File This photo shows the mangled remains of Black River Market in St. Elizabeth destroyed by Hurricane Melissa on October 28, 2025.
January 25, 2026

Dennis Minott | When a nation names its big mistakes

In the English-speaking world, place-names often do the quiet work of history. They remember what speeches forget. They archive errors that reports smooth over. One such name, recurring with…
Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore
January 25, 2026

Gordon Robinson | None such!

In the beginning there was Inner Circle. Then Michael “Ibo” Cooper (keyboards); Stephen “Cat” Coore (guitar/cello); Milton “Prilly” Hamilton (lead vocals); Richard Daley (bass); Carl Barovier (drums)…