In Focus
June 28, 2026
Donna Parchment Brown | Time to reinvest in Western Jamaica
It has been almost nine months since Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, and the western part of the island still remains broken. I speak of the people of St Elizabeth who are in need of consultation,…
June 28, 2026
Mark Wignall | Those memorandums of understanding
Well, the details of the “memorandum” between Iran and the US have finally come out. The so-called 14 points. Not a good look for America. It makes the agreement the Obama administration had with…
June 28, 2026
Imani Tafari-Ama | More questions than answers
With little prior public discussion, Dr Horace Chang, minister of national security and peace (and deputy prime minister), announced that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had been signed between…
June 21, 2026
Dennis A. Minott | The June 5 blackout and Jamaica’s nuclear mirage
The electrical grid, let alone a nuclear power plant, does not respond to speeches. It responds to engineering, operational discipline, competent technicians, and systems that perform reliably around…
June 21, 2026
Ruthlyn James | The illiterate engineer
Many successful Jamaican men live among us with a hidden shame. Some build houses, repair engines, wire communities, and raise families out of poverty through talent, innovation, sacrifice, and strong…
June 21, 2026
Simon Black, Elaine Duncan, Shirley Pryce | Domestic workers deserve dignity and respect
Countries around the globe are facing care crises, a dire situation of growing gaps between care needs and societies’ capacities to meet these needs. Jamaica is no exception: from underinvestment in…
June 21, 2026
Mark Wignall | Answers on the power cut
Last week, the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz spent a few days docked in Jamaican waters.
If a situation ever arose that while the carrier was on its way to Kingston Harbour, our local diplomatic…
June 14, 2026
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie and Diana McCaulay | Reclaiming Jamaica’s coastline
Most Jamaicans today probably cannot remember a time when they could simply go to the beach without paying to enter. Over the decades, many of Jamaica’s best beaches and coastal areas have been…