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Lawyers stage silent protest at the Supreme Court Complex in Kingston and the Western Regional Gun Court on Wednesday over provisions of Jamaica’s Firearms Act. – Rudolph Brown photo
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Editorial | Listen to the lawyers

It is exceedingly rare in Jamaica for lawyers and high judicial officials to engage in public protests over questions of law and the doctrine of separation of powers. Fundamentally, there is confidence in the independence of the island’s judiciary.

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25 Sep, 2026 0

Peter Espeut | Down by the riverside

On Monday, September 21, on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, US Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, Vermont) delivered a major foreign policy address at the historic Riverside Church…
This file photo shows a section of a squatting community in New Haven, St Andrew.
25 Sep, 2026 0

Kristen Gyles | Chasing squatters

In a country with an abundance of Crown land, dispossessing a private landowner of the land they purchased to give it to someone else,in the name of “equity” is itself inequitable. A person who…
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24 Sep, 2026 0

Editorial | Building an export economy

Jamaica’s latest export figures tell a sobering story. During the first five months of 2026, merchandise exports declined by 12.5 per cent to US$674.7 million. This occurred despite a welcome 22.5 per…
Lord Reed
24 Sep, 2026 0

Lord Reed | Accessibility is not limited to where the JCPC sits

Response to ‘The Gleaner’s’ editorial of September 18 titled ‘Fee waiver changes little’”.
24 Sep, 2026 0

Basil Jarrett | When scamming starts costing jobs

Just over a week ago, Prime Minister Andrew Holness reemphasized something that those in law enforcement have long since known: Lottery scamming is no longer simply a crime problem. It is an economic…
Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford
23 Sep, 2026 0

Editorial | Beyond school closures: Confronting Jamaica’s demographic reality

Damion Crawford, the Opposition’s spokesman on education, and the teachers’ union president, La Sonja Harrison, are correct that there must be inclusive dialogue on the education ministry’s proposal…
Carolyn Rodriques Birkett.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | 81st UNGA: Can trust be restored?

The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) started on Tuesday, September 8 with various meetings and events, including on the Sustainable Development Goals, artificial…
Dorreth Heman, female Farmer in Waterford, Guys Hill, tries to salvage tomatoes from her field. She says the drought has affected her entire farm forcing her to purchase food that she normally produced.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Kenneth Russell | When the rains return, the drought will not be over

The rain will eventually return. But when it does, the drought in rural Jamaica will not simply end. Across rural Jamaica, this drought is doing much more than drying fields and emptying tanks. It is…
A plane carrying deportees from the United States arrives at the Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, on Thursday. - AP photo
22 Sep, 2026 0

Editorial | Rethink TCN secrecy

There may indeed be nothing to hide, or that is being hidden, in Jamaica’s third-country national (TCN) agreement with the United States. In which case, there is, or ought to be, no basis for keeping…