In Focus
04 Jan, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Teaching to think not pass exams
I know this is a New Year. But will Jamaica take a new approach to overcome the fundamental obstacle to its progress? It’s neither political nor religious. The one issue blocking Jamaica from success…
04 Jan, 2026
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Seifudein Adem | It is us today: Lessons of Abyssinia and Ukraine
A useful parallel can be drawn in contemporary international relations between 1935, when Mussolini invaded Abyssinia (Ethiopia), and 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. The…
04 Jan, 2026
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Ethon Lowe | God, Hurricane Melissa and same-sex couples
In my customary perusal of the Sunday Gleaner, December 7, two interesting articles caught my eye. The first questioned God’s purpose following Melissa’s untimely destruction of a country, which I…
28 Dec, 2025
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Floyd Morris | Integrate accessibility and inclusion for more resilient post-Melissa Jamaica
Jamaica has agreed to a number of international agreements that bind it to providing an accessible and inclusive environment for persons with disabilities. The United Nations Convention on the Rights…
28 Dec, 2025
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Gordon Robinson | Make a change
Despite most of us having no clue where the time went it seems another new year is upon us. The thing about time is that it not only flies but changes direction, fortunes and perspectives while doing…
28 Dec, 2025
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Dennis Minott | When self-interest is sacrificed
Jamaica’s prolonged mistreatment of Haitian migrants is often defended in the language of capacity, sovereignty, or political realism. Yet five years on — and now brutally exposed by Hurricane Melissa…
28 Dec, 2025
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Sandra Latibeaudiere | Hurricane Melissa exposes vulnerable older adults
Hurricane Melissa’s vastly different human and infrastructural impact between eastern and western Jamaica has continued into the early recovery stages. There is another, far less obvious, disaster…
28 Dec, 2025
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Patricia Green | Hurricane Melissa architecture and land decolonisation
“… I will uncover your skirts over your face, That your shame may appear …” was spoken by God to the prophet Jeremiah about ancient Israel. Is this exposure applicable to post-disaster Jamaica?…
28 Dec, 2025
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Mark Wignall | Present me with real honour
In many ways, it has to be more than just what you feel about me and significantly deeper than that. It has to be much more than that. I want to feel an intense connection. Closer than it could ever…