In Focus
01 Mar, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | An iconic legacy is being eroded
There’s too much irrational nonsense bruited about blaming the Claiming System for everything ailing horseracing. Eight months ago (June 22: It’s the Economy Stupid!) I tried to explain horseracing’s…
22 Feb, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Can government collect?
So the “no new taxes” chorus has ended with Government projected to earn approximately $29.4 billion in fiscal year 2026/27 from new taxes. Surprise! NOT!! Last October 28, Jamaica suffered the most…
22 Feb, 2026
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Jalil Dabdboub | Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” sang Kris Kristofferson. In conflict zones from Palestine to Sudan and the Congo, these words are a lived reality. When a people are…
22 Feb, 2026
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Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | NEPA doesn’t have an image problem, but performance problem
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), along with other environmental advocates, was invited by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to attend a focus group meeting on January 27. The…
22 Feb, 2026
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Dennis Minott | Study first: Navigating America’s campus culture wars
This year, hundreds of Caribbean students will board flights to the United States with scholarships secured, visas stamped, ambitions sharpened. They will go to study engineering, medicine, physics,…
22 Feb, 2026
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Mark Wignall | A smile, a giggle, the cruelty
“The Trump administration is deliberately plunging Cuba into a national and humanitarian crisis, and the US-imposed blockade of oil imports is wreaking havoc on daily life for Cubans,” was the general…
15 Feb, 2026
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Dennis Minott | Leaders that despise accountability harm people
In the months following Hurricane Melissa, one word has echoed across Jamaica: accountability. It is spoken in taxis, at cookshops, on talk radio, in staff rooms, and in the corridors of Parliament.…
15 Feb, 2026
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Mark Shields | How Jamaica transformed the investigation of serious crime
The recent announcement by the Jamaica Constabulary Force of the creation of a Specialised Investigation Branch (SIB) is more than a routine organisational change. It represents the latest step in a…
15 Feb, 2026
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Qu Dongyu | As glaciers melt, world’s hidden water banks are at risk
Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks - are a source of life for billions. The seasonal melt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers such as the Indus, the…