In Focus

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.