In Focus

A girl passes in front of a destroyed building, following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon.
April 26, 2026

Raslan Abu Rukun | Historic opening: Israel, Lebanon, and the courage to choose peace

April 14, 2026, will be remembered as a historic day. For the first time in decades, Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors met for direct peace talks under American mediation. This moment did not emerge in…
Members of Parliament before being swore at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the upper and lower houses of Parliament held on September 18, 2025 in Gordon House.
April 19, 2026

Dennis Minott | The software of integrity

The Jamaican landscape is often described in the binary of “hardware” and “software”. We excel at the hardware, the construction of highways, the expansion of hotel room counts, hospital building, and…
Representational image of a customer service executive interacting with a customer over the phone.
April 19, 2026

Mark Wignall | Why Jamaica’s BPO sector deserves a fairer narrative

A television feature some time ago reignited an all too familiar debate: are call centre workers in Jamaica being treated unfairly? The conversation struck a chord, as it often does. But, like many…
April 19, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | Battlefields across borders

The ripple effects of war are rarely confined to the battlefield. They travel quietly but forcefully across oceans, seeping into economies, tightening household budgets and unsettling the fragile…
University Hospital of the West Indies.
April 19, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Jacden says no resale

My column, headlined Inexcusable, published last Sunday, resulted in more than normal feedback. On Twitter, a regular with the handle “Rampanpiza” (@dentona22), whose tweets have, historically, been…
April 12, 2026

Diana Thorburn | Changing Jamaica’s adoption law is necessary

There are several explanations for why, despite approximately 4,500 children in state care – of whom roughly 2,000 are in children’s homes and well over 1,000 in foster care – fewer than 20 wards of…
University Hospital of the West Indies.
April 12, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Inexcusable!

It now seems evident that the rancid, rotten reek emanating from University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) isn’t caused by patients. UHWI’s administration and Board are slowly but surely being…
Journalists do a standup in front of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docked in Matanzas, Cuba.
April 12, 2026

Adekeye Adebajo | Who will save Cuba from Trump?

Cuba is currently under an oil blockade imposed by a Donald Trump administration bent on “regime change”. This follows a US blockade enforced since 1959 against the former Communist enclave, following…
Regular meeting of the Permanent Council of the OAS in Washington, DC.
April 12, 2026

Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel | Celebrating OAS-Jamaica partnership

Each year, Pan American Day invites us to reflect on a shared vision – one rooted in cooperation, solidarity, and the belief that the countries of the Americas are stronger together. In 2026, that…