In Focus

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, interacts with residents of Whitehouse, Westmoreland, during a tour with regional and Jamaican leaders to areas that were badly hit by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Mark Wignall | Playing with us?

We know that a main factor of politics is psychological manipulation of people politicians claim they love the most. And, also remember, during the moments of our darkest sorrows, they share with us…
Participants lie on the ground holding signs that read: ‘Stop violence against women’, during a gender-based violence protest at the forecourt of the botanical gardens in Johannesburg, South Africa.
December 9, 2025

Roberta Clarke | Advancing women’s access to justice across the Americas

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is on November 25, reminds us that women’s right to justice is an essential component of the right to live free from violence…
Residents gather amid debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on a street in Black River, Jamaica, on October 30.
December 9, 2025

Christopher Burgess | Hurricane Melissa: Unprecedented and underprepared

Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in Westmoreland, marked an unprecedented chapter in Jamaica’s history. With sustained 185-mph winds, it was the third most powerful Atlantic storm — a 700-year return…
An ODPEM convoy at toll booth at Mammee Bay, St Ann, delivering relief supplies to storm‑hit parishes.
December 9, 2025

Mark Wignall | Bad move with ODPEM

Had I not stored up a somewhat acute understanding of our local political community, I would have found it most peculiar that the PM sent us a body shift and moved the office of ODPEM under the…
In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Do the math

For the next two years the most important cabinet member is likely to be the Finance Minister. Some night say that’s always so. Not really. When things are going well, Finance Minister only counts…
Gleaner editorial writes: ... we repeat our proposal of a governance structure for the NRRA that gives Parliament broad oversight of the authority, thereby not only widening its transparency but ensuring a role for the political opposition.
December 9, 2025

Carol Archer | Defending urban-planning profession in Jamaica

The planning profession in Jamaica has long been at the forefront of shaping the nation’s physical, social, and economic landscape. It expanded significantly after Hurricane Charlie devastated the…
Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, Yasuhiro Atsumi, hands over the keys for a bus to principal of the Clarendon-based Rest Primary and Infant School, Sandra Smith, during a ceremony held at the institution.
December 9, 2025

Yasuhiro Atsumi | Thank you, Jamaica! You will rise stronger after Melissa!

On behalf of the people and Government of Japan, I would like to express my sincere condolences and sympathy to all the people and the Government of Jamaica for the lives lost and horrible damages…
Sixty year old Juliet Clarke of Ipswich, St. Elizabeth, sits atop the rubble of her three bedrood board house after it collapsed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Jalil Dabdoub | Trapped in tribalism: A nation held hostage — even in the face of disaster

Recently, I debated someone who took issue with my view that Jamaicans still see politics almost exclusively through orange and green lenses. While the overt violence of old has faded, political…
This photo shows household items piled in a mud-strewn section of Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | We see you

The last thing Jamaica needs now is division among Jamaicans. Jamaica should have one goal; one purpose; one mindset. First and foremost, to deliver basic humanitarian relief like food, water,…