In Focus

At US$50 per head it came cheap. Although some saw it as a publicity stunt, the June 2015 golden escalator launch of Donald Trump’s initial political campaign included him paying out-of-work actors to show up for that day, June 16, now pressed into...

The recent commentary by former Prime Minister (PM) P.J. Patterson on the deepening crisis in Cuba is as morally resonant as it is politically uncomfortable for current Caribbean leaders, including PM Andrew Holness. It is not often that a retired...

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 economics to blinkered colonial system...

Human as he is, like the rest of us means that the commissioner of police could be mentally a bit uneasy at this time. If he is not, he ought to be. He is facing some strong headwinds. In January a JCF police inspector attached to the Counter-...

“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 systematically stripped of land, rights, and legal...

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 purpose was to have ‘open and constructive dialogue...

“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 view, captured by journalists of the hunger and...

The latest affront to Constitutional governance was conducted in the Senate on Friday February 6 when a proposed Bill to amend the Financial Investigation Division Act (FIDA) was passed into law. The primary value of this Bill to Government was...

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 Nile, the Ganges, and the Colorado. Those and...

The doctor wears on her sleeves her need to see and experience the sort of cultural transformation needed at the The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) “... it [UHWI] must remain steadfast in its commitment to improving patient care,...

In the wake of the recent tragedy on the Font Hill main road, Vic-Chairman of National Road Safety Council Lucien Jones is right to warn that 2026 will bring more “avoidable tragedy” unless Jamaica moves quickly to implement the demerit point...

What if you had invested approximately US$1,500 to apply for an immigrant visa – or US$500 for a non-immigrant visa – believing that this was your lawful passage from a constrained local economy into the promise of opportunity in the Global North...