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20 Sep, 2026 0

From Kafinal to Jef Wyllz, entertainer now singing for the Lord

Recording artiste Jef Wyllz, formerly known as the award-winning singer, comedian and actor Kafinal, has opened a new chapter in his life. He recently became a born-again Christian and is focused on…
Students from Holy Trinity High School gather near the school gate after they were not permitted on ther school compound for a number of reasons ranging from bleaching and their pants being too tight.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | It’s a miseducation emergency

So, debate on Jamaica’s education is the latest piece of evidence supporting the conclusion JLP and PNP are about as different as six and half-a-dozen.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Dennis A. Minott | A needed legal doctrine for Delanifying Bartlettities

There are moments when a country needs more than another regulation, another commission, or another press conference. It needs a doctrine. Jamaica may now need one called the Doctrine of…
Veteran broadcaster Fae Ellington (left) shares the frame with Queen Ifrica at Sheldon Shepherd’s album listening event at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on September 9.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Sheldon Shepherd gives thanks with debut album

In the small hours of November 11, 2023, Sheldon Shepherd jumped out of his bed in New York, stumbled into the living room, found a sheet of paper and started to write. What came was a poem about…
Members of Parliament before at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the upper and lower houses of Parliament held on September 18, 2025 in Gordon House.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Mickel Jackson | When Parliament sentences instead of the judge

Illegal firearms remain the principal instrument of murder, robbery and intimidation. That is not in dispute. What is in dispute is whether a 15-year mandatory minimum, applied indiscriminately to…
Trevor Hamilton
20 Sep, 2026 0

Trevor Hamilton | Myths about the Jamaican education policy imperatives

The newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), in her annual address to educators, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders in the sector, used Singapore as a benchmark…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness
20 Sep, 2026 0

Mark Wignall | Still giving Dr Holness a chance

Some politicians attain the status of ‘sacred cow’ for the majority of their lives. Michael Manley was one such human being. It helps to be good-looking. It first manifests itself by many women…
Culture Minister Olivia Grange stands in front of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council building in London, England, holding the historic reparations petition document filed to King Charles III.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Imani Tafari-Ama | Reparations, sovereignty and the politics of justice

Aren’t you tired of dealing with successive government administrations that do not get it? Aren’t you fed up with the utter fraud of continuing to bow to the King of England as Jamaica’s head of state…
Photo shows a buzz of activity in the downtown Kingston shopping area.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Peta-Gay Ferguson | If you want to talk about Jamaica, let us talk

It appears that Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has developed a penchant for cutting and pasting the same tired sermon of his opinion of the People’s National Party (PNP). Having apparently run out of…