In Focus

In this October 30 photo a man is seen sitting by the roadside on High Street, Black River, surrounded by debris of structures damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 14, 2025

Aubrey Stewart | Billions on the table – Can Jamaica finally deliver?

Jamaica’s public procurement system was built to protect taxpayers and ensure value for money. But, alongside these strengths sits a stubborn problem: delay. Too often, our own rules slow us down,…
This October photo shows a section of the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny which was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 14, 2025

Gordon Robinson | More long term reality checks

So, last week ( A very Private Public Service) I complained about the reaction to my critique of the JPS “loan”. I wrote: “….I’m told to shut up because I’m safe in Kingston and don’t feel what…
File Floyd Morris writes: Persons with disabilities must be prepared to stand up for their rights, even when individuals will want us to recoil.
December 14, 2025

Floyd Morris | A new era for disability advocacy

In recent times, I have had conversations with persons with disabilities and others within the society about the Disabilities Act that has been enacted in Jamaica. Some of these individuals have…
Roofing of houses blown off by Hurricane Melissa are seen in Union Acres, Montego Bay, St James.
December 14, 2025

Mark Wignall | Connected at 185 miles per hour

In 2019, as Hurricane Dorian literally sat on Abaco in The Bahamas (between 27 and 36 hours) and achieved a consistent 185mph, none could know that it was sending a message to Jamaica about the…
Angela Brown Burke
December 14, 2025

Angela Brown Burke | Sister P at 80

If you travel far enough into St Catherine, past the bustle and the quick talk of the capital, you’ll find Wood Hall. It’s a quiet place, the kind of community where yards feel like open hands and…
This photo shows debris strewn around the home of Crystal Morris, in New Works, Westmoreland, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Debbie-Ann Gordon | Westmoreland: At the epicentre of Hurricane Melissa’s wrath

With winds stronger than those required for Category 5 designation, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in New Hope, Westmoreland, on October 28. Forecasts pointed to eastern Westmoreland and western St…
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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…
AP A COPA Airlines plane takes off at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, days after the government revoked operating rights for international airlines that suspended flights following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Admini
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…
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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…