In Focus
15 Feb, 2026
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Qu Dongyu | As glaciers melt, world’s hidden water banks are at risk
Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks - are a source of life for billions. The seasonal melt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers such as the Indus, the…
15 Feb, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Cover up by legislation?
The latest affront to Constitutional governance was conducted in the Senate on Friday February 6 when a proposed Bill to amend the Financial Investigation Division Act (FIDA) was passed into law. The…
15 Feb, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Transformation in patient care needed now
The doctor wears on her sleeves her need to see and experience the sort of cultural transformation needed at the The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) “... it [UHWI] must remain steadfast…
15 Feb, 2026
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Sabrina Barnes | Cultural retention in Jamaica
There is an uncomfortable habit in Jamaica: we mourn loudly, memorialise briefly, and then move on until the next cultural giant dies. Each passing reignites the same questions about legacy,…
08 Feb, 2026
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Jalil Dabdoub | ‘Joke ting’ governance
Jamaica has a governance problem that cannot be ignored. The State repeatedly passes laws without first constructing the legal, institutional, physical and constitutional infrastructure necessary to…
08 Feb, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | We are not serious
Three Sundays ago ( What the hell the Police can do) I took a swipe at our justice system. I wrote: “Supreme Court publishes general clearance rates (56 per cent in 2025) but no statistics regarding…
08 Feb, 2026
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Dennis Minott | Jamaica is courting an educational depression – and the clock is ticking
The Gleaner’s recent editorial on restoring education ought to trouble every Jamaican who claims to care about the country’s future. The attendance figures it reports are not merely disappointing;…
08 Feb, 2026
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Mark Shields | Jamaica reduced murders – road deaths can be reduced too
In the wake of the recent tragedy on the Font Hill main road, Vic-Chairman of National Road Safety Council Lucien Jones is right to warn that 2026 will bring more “avoidable tragedy” unless Jamaica…
08 Feb, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Extreme aggression and death
My lawyer friend in Miami greets me from what he calls upside down America. “The flu is making the rounds here in Miami and it is not nice. You caught it recently and you definitely know that. I hope…