In Focus
June 7, 2026
Byron Blake | Mired in confusion - Emergency relief, recovery support, and investment for reconstruction and redevelopment
Major disasters, natural or man-made, trigger a range of emotions. The first concerns the human condition of victims. A government's declaration of an emergency is an SOS for help. Help to save…
June 7, 2026
Shari-Ann Henry | Body-worn cameras: Protecting lives, preserving truth, and demanding accountability
The death of Latoya Bulgin in St James on May 18 has, once again, forced an uncomfortable national conversation: when an unarmed civilian dies during a police operation, are we looking at a lawful use…
June 7, 2026
Dennis Minott | Before STEM comes literacy
Sometimes an entire national debate can be transformed by a single observation. Such was my experience recently when Dr Beverly Brown-Sands responded to my concerns regarding the growing STEM…
June 7, 2026
Mark Wignall | Big, bad, war machine
In March, a sanctioned Russian tanker shipped 730,000 barrels of oil to Cuba, a country engineered to wither away and starve to death courtesy of US President Donald Trump. The tanker was partially…
May 31, 2026
Christian Tavares-Finson | Confronting crime, police-citizen interactions and due process
Jamaica is at a defining moment in its fight against crime.Across this country, there are questions in the minds of many. What if it’s me? What if it’s my family. Will I be safe? Will I be mistaken…
May 31, 2026
Sabrina Barnes | Beyond sisterhood: Hypocrisy, power, and politics
The conversation about women in politics is often framed through a simplistic lens: women should support women at all costs. Yet reality is far more complicated. The same societies that criticise men…
May 31, 2026
Mark Shields | Stop reinventing the wheel, start issuing tickets
Latoya Bulgin is dead. Her body was handled by the men sworn to protect her with a callousness that shocked the nation. Days later, Prime Minister Andrew Holness stood before the 91st Staff and Junior…
May 31, 2026
Dennis Minott | The Hanta death of accountability in modern Jamaica – Part Two
Compounding the cultural and structural paralysis is a palpable fear of institutional destabilisation. Many judges in fragile democracies harbour an acute anxiety of appearing ‘too activist’. They…
May 31, 2026
Mark Wignall | Democracy in crutches
A parliamentary democracy is a sham arrangement where one man one vote is so magnified as if it can turn water into wine. The promises are usually empty and generationally embarrassing.
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