News
March 22, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Decades of distress
Courtney Anderson would have been relieved when an assault case against him was dismissed in 1996, but little did he know that 30 years later he would still be experiencing the recurring nightmare of…
March 22, 2026
by Karen Madden
Importer blames storage gap for leaving onion farmers in tears
Onion importers are pushing back against suggestions that their business is killing local farmers, now experiencing a glut. Since the first round of reaping began following the devastation wrought by…
March 22, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Another Jamaican history maker in US
WESTERN BUREAU: From the quiet hills of Adelphi in St James to the corridors of power at the Pentagon, Jamaica-born Mark Denton is poised to make history as the first Black man to lead the Cadet Corps…
March 22, 2026
Digging into Government, Opposition responses to local, global crises
The 2026-2027 Budget Debate comes to an end on Tuesday with Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams expected to respond to the Opposition’s alternative to the administration’s…
March 22, 2026
The expungement process
The Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act, 2026 was passed in the Senate in January and signed by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on February 20. In addition to the reform…
March 22, 2026
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | Two freedoms, and what Passover means in Jamaica
Every year when April arrives, lines from two different songs find their way back into my head, and I find myself thinking about how much they have in common. The first is from Paul Robeson: “when…
March 22, 2026
Sean Major-Campbell | Towards a kingdom-based order
The rules-based international order is no more. Caribbean unity appears to be an aborted project. What will sovereignty look like for powerless nation states? And how is this processed in the realm of…
March 21, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Inspectors on deck
Future leaders in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are being warned to rethink the popular view that “knowledge is power”, as approaching leadership in this way can be dangerous and risk failing…
March 21, 2026
NSWMA strengthens enforcement operations in St James
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has strengthened its enforcement operations to address illegal dumping across the parish of St James. In an interview with JIS News, Community…