In Focus

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January 4, 2026

Feyi Fawehinmi | Bread upon the waters

Jamaica knows the Atlantic story too well. Between the early slave trade and abolition, somewhere between 600,000 and 900,000 Africans were forced onto the island. Shipping records show that a…
Gordon Robinson writes: Legal education in Jamaica has forever been flawed and that 2024 contretemps was another symptom of that disease.
January 4, 2026

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…
A rescue worker climbs onto the roof of an apartment building damaged after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine.
January 4, 2026

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…
January 4, 2026

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…
Floyd Morris writes: Government must make a concentrated effort to build accessible sidewalks in towns and communities in the post-Hurricane Melissa era.
December 28, 2025

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…
People enjoying Grand Gala celebrations.
December 28, 2025

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…
People walk through Santa Cruz, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa passed.
December 28, 2025

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…
Canada does need healthcare workers, but demand alone does not guarantee approval.
December 28, 2025

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…
This aerial photo shows St. John Anglican Parish Church in Black River, St Elizabeth, razed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 28, 2025

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?…