In Focus

In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny
August 23, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | The sorry Coopers Pen saga

The nocturnal razing of between 20 and 40 homes in the Coopers Pen community in Trelawny on August 11 was the culmination of two decades of struggle by residents seeking to secure ownership of the…
August 16, 2026

Mickel Jackson | CCJ growing pains are no excuse for the Privy Council

The leaked emails from inside the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) do not make for comfortable reading. Judges describing their president’s leadership as authoritarian, complaining of unilateral panel…
Oil residue lines the shore near fishing boats on Qeshm Island, Iran, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined.
August 23, 2026

Mark Wignall | More heated than the conflict

Even in the midst of celebrating our independence and highlighting some of the brave individuals who stuck around for the long haul in building Jamaica, the war between Iran and the US continues to…
The Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain
August 16, 2026

Gordon Robinson | CCJ: Crisis, conundrum or calumny?

So, leaked internal e-mails revealing CCJ Judges’ complaints about the President’s administrative leadership style created a regional ruckus. If Trinidad Express reports are accurate, he’s accused by…
Planes used for deportation flights sit at the Valley International Airport, in Harlingen, Texas.
August 9, 2026

Gordon Robinson | On our knees again

So, as a result of Government’s habitual strategy of negotiating with USA while on its knees, we’ve agreed to become USA’s deportee dumpster. On June 16, Gleaner broke the story of a previously secret…
August 9, 2026

Dennis A. Minott | Evaluating sockpuppetry’s hole in criminally harming Jamaicans

There is a quiet war being waged in Jamaica. It is not fought with guns. It is not debated in Parliament. It does not announce itself in headlines. Yet, it is steadily eroding the integrity of our…
A man sits outside his damaged house in the village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, south Lebanon.
August 9, 2026

Mark Wignall | Warrior countries wrecked it. Can they fix it?

The world economy has been jolted in a bad way by three countries: the US, Israel, and Iran. Because of Israel’s and America’s attack against Iran, the world now suffers higher oil prices, a severe…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at an announcement event of a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
August 9, 2026

Seifudein Adem | Zohran Kwame Mamdani as an American African

What does it mean to be African in the 21st century? For much of modern history, the answer seemed straightforward: Africa was a continent, and Africans were those who lived within its geographical…
A woman cools herself off with an ice pack during a heat wave in Banda, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
August 9, 2026

Sheree Martin | Climate readiness will be built through partnership

Jamaica has spent the better part of the last decade building one of the Caribbean’s strongest economic foundations. Fiscal discipline, declining debt, investor confidence and a stable financial…