In Focus

It was the worst of times; it was the very worst of times. Election campaign intensification began leading up to the election date announcement on Sunday, August 10. The spectre of political violence had already been raised twice in Central...

As a former Olympian who has proudly worn the black, green, and gold on the world stage, I have seen first-hand the transformative power of sport — not just on the track, but in communities across Jamaica. That’s why I firmly believe it’s time for...

Across the Caribbean, the voices of young people are growing louder. In classrooms, on stages, and now through the ‘Hope for the Future’ campaign, we’re united in one demand: healthy school food environments — not tomorrow, now. We live in a region...

For Jamaica to have a profound change in direction, especially concerning transparency and integrity, you must have a leader who is serious about transparency and integrity. Just as important, or even more important, you must have in place a set...

I’ve just spent another disappointing Emancipendence filled with clear signs of Jamaica’s societal corrosion. Independence (Festival) is a celebration of a radical change in Jamaica’s history. Since Emancipation Day was re-instated twenty-eight...

I live on a road that is both a politician’s nightmare and his crude blessings. The general state of the surface of one end of the road reminds one of pictures of post Hiroshima, Japan. The entire surface needs ripping up and a total rebuild. At...

When I was little, my mom often urged us as children, not to dawdle at the dinner table. We were told, in no uncertain terms, to finish our food and not waste it. Other children in my generation are also familiar with the reference for this...

Although we’re in the midst of traditional celebrations of Jamaica’s 63rd year of Independence, I’m urging us to remember what independence should mean to every Jamaican. This is the land of my birth. I say this is the land of my birth. I say...

With a transformative new tool now in hand, Jamaica is poised to chart a greener, more resilient path forward—one that could reshape its economic future. The recent handover of the National Green Economic Growth Model to the government on July 8...

Last month, beneath the brooding shadows of Rose Hall Great House, where the walls still whisper with the cries of the enslaved, CARICOM leaders assembled in Montego Bay. There, on blood-soaked soil, they gathered – descendants of the brutalised –...

“Emancipendence” week must always represent a significant milestone in Jamaica’s history. On August “first morn,” 191 years ago in 1834, approximately ninety percent of the Jamaica population received Emancipation from slavery, then 128 years later...

I know many of you are chafing at the bit to read more about JLP vs PNP. Especially these days, sycophants’ political anxiety can only be calmed by opinions favourable to one and unfavourable to the other political cult. But the bad news is recent...