In Focus
28 Jun, 2026
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Yvonne Wilks-O’Grady | Brand Jamaica at risk?
There are moments in public life when a government decision leaves citizens asking one simple question: What were they thinking?
If reports are correct that Jamaica has entered into an arrangement…
28 Jun, 2026
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Donna Parchment Brown | Time to reinvest in Western Jamaica
It has been almost nine months since Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, and the western part of the island still remains broken. I speak of the people of St Elizabeth who are in need of consultation,…
28 Jun, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Those memorandums of understanding
Well, the details of the “memorandum” between Iran and the US have finally come out. The so-called 14 points. Not a good look for America. It makes the agreement the Obama administration had with…
28 Jun, 2026
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Imani Tafari-Ama | More questions than answers
With little prior public discussion, Dr Horace Chang, minister of national security and peace (and deputy prime minister), announced that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had been signed between…
21 Jun, 2026
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Dennis A. Minott | The June 5 blackout and Jamaica’s nuclear mirage
The electrical grid, let alone a nuclear power plant, does not respond to speeches. It responds to engineering, operational discipline, competent technicians, and systems that perform reliably around…
21 Jun, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | The illiterate engineer
Many successful Jamaican men live among us with a hidden shame. Some build houses, repair engines, wire communities, and raise families out of poverty through talent, innovation, sacrifice, and strong…
21 Jun, 2026
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Simon Black, Elaine Duncan, Shirley Pryce | Domestic workers deserve dignity and respect
Countries around the globe are facing care crises, a dire situation of growing gaps between care needs and societies’ capacities to meet these needs. Jamaica is no exception: from underinvestment in…
21 Jun, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Answers on the power cut
Last week, the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz spent a few days docked in Jamaican waters.
If a situation ever arose that while the carrier was on its way to Kingston Harbour, our local diplomatic…