In Focus
December 9, 2025
Gordon Robinson | A very private public service
So, after the fact, Jamaica learned that Government decided to take US$150 MILLION of our money out of the Consolidated Fund to “lend” to JPS. Let’s try to contextualize. First and foremost this…
December 9, 2025
Imani Tafari-Ama | Making of an enemy
When the president of the United States (US) announced that he was closing the airspace of Venezuela, I got the proverbial whiplash. With intense war threats a daily occurrence, this kind of…
December 9, 2025
Sophia Frazer-Binns | The interconnected crisis
The quote by John Muir ‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’ or by Chief Seattle, that “All things are bound together. All things connect”, is in…
December 9, 2025
Omar Sweeney | Impact of global warming on Small Island Developing States
Climate change is a pressing global issue, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like Jamaica are among the most vulnerable to its devastating impacts. At the start of the 19th century, the human…
December 9, 2025
Neil Richards | Stop taking over farmlands to develop housing solutions
Neither Government nor private developers should continue taking over Jamaica’s good farmlands with either simple or sophisticated housing schemes. The use of highly productive agricultural lands for…
December 9, 2025
Mark Wignall | Some are mad but don’t know it
I have never been to a psychiatrist in my life but, once, way back when my wife ditched me, I wanted to head east, knock on that big gate, and volunteer my mental insides to the skilled professionals…
December 9, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Many rivers to cross
On Monday, the world lost another musical legend as Jimmy Cliff passed away at the age of 81. Although, as James Chambers, he was born in Adelphi, a hillside community in Somerton, near Montego Bay,…
December 9, 2025
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Building back better after Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa, a Category Five storm, made landfall at New Hope in Westmoreland, cut across the southwestern parishes, and exited Jamaica via St Ann. At least one-third of the island has been…
December 9, 2025
Jamel Banton | After Melissa: What future do we choose for Black River?
Hurricane Melissa ravaged the birthplace of so many of us, and, in the aftermath, a harder question has emerged: do we simply protect what remains of Black River, or commit to transforming it into…