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In the months following Hurricane Melissa, one word has echoed across Jamaica: accountability. It is spoken in taxis, at cookshops, on talk radio, in staff rooms, and in the corridors of Parliament. It is not an academic word. It is not a...
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The recent announcement by the Jamaica Constabulary Force of the creation of a Specialised Investigation Branch (SIB) is more than a routine organisational change. It represents the latest step in a journey of reform spanning more than two decades...
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 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...
There is an uncomfortable habit in Jamaica: we mourn loudly, memorialise briefly, and then move on until the next cultural giant dies. Each passing reignites the same questions about legacy, education, and preservation, yet little changes in how we...
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,...
Jamaica has a governance problem that cannot be ignored. The State repeatedly passes laws without first constructing the legal, institutional, physical and constitutional infrastructure necessary to sustain them. This habit has produced congestion...
Three Sundays ago ( What the hell the Police can do) I took a swipe at our justice system. I wrote: “Supreme Court publishes general clearance rates (56 per cent in 2025) but no statistics regarding convictions. How many murder convictions were...
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...
The Gleaner’s recent editorial on restoring education ought to trouble every Jamaican who claims to care about the country’s future. The attendance figures it reports are not merely disappointing; they are structurally dangerous. When nearly one-...
My lawyer friend in Miami greets me from what he calls upside down America. “The flu is making the rounds here in Miami and it is not nice. You caught it recently and you definitely know that. I hope you are 100 per cent recovered.” “I am certain...
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...
Public concern abounds about a recent Auditor General (AudGen) report on University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) procurement practices. Much off and leg spin deliveries were bowled in media including those using distraction to confuse us...
The world is moving and it is not waiting on the Caribbean. In recent weeks, as global powers flexed their muscle in Venezuela, the Caribbean felt the tremor almost immediately. Not in speeches. Not in theory. But where it always hurts us first:...
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 2026 Employment and Social Trends report highlights shifting patterns of employment and social development worldwide, including distinctive trends emerging in the Caribbean and Latin America. At first...
As crime trends downward, Jamaica enters the next stage of its crime-reduction strategy, requiring a cultural shift towards peace, prevention, and lasting public trust. Jamaica has made meaningful progress in reducing crime. This progress has been...
