In Focus

February 8, 2026

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;…
In this October 2025 photo police officers are seen at a scene of an accident, as a wrecker removes the Toyota Hiace minibus that crashed along West-East leg of Highway 2000, close to the Vineyard Toll Plaza.
February 8, 2026

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…
A photo of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a US Border Patrol officer, is displayed at the shooting scene in Minneapolis.
February 8, 2026

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…
In this 2023 photo people line up outside an immigration office as they wait their turns to apply for a passport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
February 8, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | US immigration policy and the old wounds of separation

What if you had invested approximately US$1,500 to apply for an immigrant visa – or US$500 for a non-immigrant visa – believing that this was your lawful passage from a constrained local economy into…
View of a section of The University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew.
February 1, 2026

Gordon Robinson | A hospital sicker than its patients

Public concern abounds about a recent Auditor General (AudGen) report on University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) procurement practices.
Barry Griffin writes: Trade and business must become the glue of Caribbean unity ...
February 1, 2026

Barry Griffin | Trade must be the Caribbean’s new doctrine

The world is moving and it is not waiting on the Caribbean. In recent weeks, as global powers flexed their muscle in Venezuela, the Caribbean felt the tremor almost immediately. Not in speeches. Not…
ILO writes: Fewer people may be unemployed, but many remain trapped in low-productivity, informal and insecure jobs – conditions that undermine long-term growth ...
February 1, 2026

The Caribbean labour market paradox

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 2026 Employment and Social Trends report highlights shifting patterns of employment and social development worldwide, including distinctive trends…
This 2022 photo shows Clarendon Neighbourhood Watch-JCF Peace March which was organised under the theme ‘Resolving Conflict Without The Use Of Violence’.
February 1, 2026

Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn | Beyond the numbers: What peace must mean for Jamaica

As crime trends downward, Jamaica enters the next stage of its crime-reduction strategy, requiring a cultural shift towards peace, prevention, and lasting public trust. Jamaica has made meaningful…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
February 1, 2026

Mark Wignall | When a hurricane blows away a leader

Prime Minister Holness is right now in the process of going through, politically, the roughest period of the post-Hurricane Melissa recovery as expectations rise and governmental logistics continue to…