In Focus

Planes used for deportation flights sit at the Valley International Airport, in Harlingen, Texas.
August 9, 2026

Gordon Robinson | On our knees again

So, as a result of Government’s habitual strategy of negotiating with USA while on its knees, we’ve agreed to become USA’s deportee dumpster. On June 16, Gleaner broke the story of a previously secret Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) allegedly initially proposed by a former Ambassador to accept non-Jamaican deportees from USA. Gleaner reported:

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August 9, 2026

Dennis A. Minott | Evaluating sockpuppetry’s hole in criminally harming Jamaicans

There is a quiet war being waged in Jamaica. It is not fought with guns. It is not debated in Parliament. It does not announce itself in headlines. Yet, it is steadily eroding the integrity of our…
A man sits outside his damaged house in the village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, south Lebanon.
August 9, 2026

Mark Wignall | Warrior countries wrecked it. Can they fix it?

The world economy has been jolted in a bad way by three countries: the US, Israel, and Iran. Because of Israel’s and America’s attack against Iran, the world now suffers higher oil prices, a severe…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at an announcement event of a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
August 9, 2026

Seifudein Adem | Zohran Kwame Mamdani as an American African

What does it mean to be African in the 21st century? For much of modern history, the answer seemed straightforward: Africa was a continent, and Africans were those who lived within its geographical…
A woman cools herself off with an ice pack during a heat wave in Banda, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
August 9, 2026

Sheree Martin | Climate readiness will be built through partnership

Jamaica has spent the better part of the last decade building one of the Caribbean’s strongest economic foundations. Fiscal discipline, declining debt, investor confidence and a stable financial…
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, addresseing a special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery at Jamaica House on November 26.
August 9, 2026

Imani Tafari-Ama | Dem pepper-spray Desmond eye

Social media gave wings to the story of police pumping pepper spray into the eyes of Desmond McKenzie, MP for the West Kingston constituency in Jamaica. You could not scroll without encountering some…
An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, while protesters gather outside to denounce the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations, in downtown Los Angeles.
August 9, 2026

Kay Osborne | Negotiating from strength: What Jamaica owes itself

Jamaica does not need to stand up to America. Jamaica needs to stand up for Jamaica. This distinction lies at the heart of an essential conversation about sovereignty, foreign policy, and good…
Patrons participate in the Grand Gala festivities.
August 2, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Emancipate Jamaica from the British way

So, what else has been happening behind my back since I was missing in action presumed dead? Muddled, linear, non-emancipated thinking was rampant. One of the best examples was a Gleaner endorsed call…
Sir Garry Sobers
August 2, 2026

Adekeye Adebajo | Garfield Sobers: A prophet with honour

Sir Garfield (Garry) Sobers who recently died in Bridgetown at the age of 89, was one of the world’s greatest cricketers. He played first-class cricket in Barbados, Australia, and England. Sobers…
Sir Garfield Sobers
August 2, 2026

P.J. Patterson | Garry Sobers – the greatest cricket has ever seen

At the age of 17, Garry Sobers was recruited to the Barbados team as a replacement for the medium pace bowler Frank King. It was as a left arm spin bowler, when Alfred Valenine was injured, that this…