In Focus
30 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | If it quacks like a duck ...
It now seems confirmed that PNP is determined to successfully complete a kamikaze mission. Two Saturdays ago Gleaner’s lengthy front page headline read “PNP bets on democratic socialism – Golding…
23 Aug, 2026
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Wayne Wesley | CTEC is going to work ...
The Gleaner editorial published on August 21, titled “If CTEC is to work ...”, raises important questions regarding the Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC), CXC’s new modular certification…
23 Aug, 2026
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Michael Taylor | Before the taps run dry
On April 16, to be exact, I did something I don’t normally do. I shared a forecast, and my concerns about it, with colleagues and acquaintances in a few agencies where I had contacts. I was concerned…
23 Aug, 2026
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Jalil Dabdoub | Sherene Golding-Campbell is right
In a recent post on X, Sherene Golding-Campbell raised a question that goes to the heart of Jamaica’s political culture: Why do so many of us analyse political commentary not on its merits but…
23 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | It’s a vote begging contest
The critical concern from the recent Coopers Pen debacle is the rule of law is endangered by politics. Illegal squatters were forcefully evicted in an August 11 pre-dawn operation seemingly on the…
23 Aug, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Big success in rural school bus system
According to Daryl Vaz, minister of energy, telecommunications and transport, “Jamaica, irrespective of our differences in thought, this is something that we must build upon. Numbers don’t lie, and I…
23 Aug, 2026
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Imani Tafari-Ama | The sorry Coopers Pen saga
The nocturnal razing of between 20 and 40 homes in the Coopers Pen community in Trelawny on August 11 was the culmination of two decades of struggle by residents seeking to secure ownership of the…
16 Aug, 2026
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Mickel Jackson | CCJ growing pains are no excuse for the Privy Council
The leaked emails from inside the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) do not make for comfortable reading. Judges describing their president’s leadership as authoritarian, complaining of unilateral panel…
16 Aug, 2026
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Mark Wignall | More heated than the conflict
Even in the midst of celebrating our independence and highlighting some of the brave individuals who stuck around for the long haul in building Jamaica, the war between Iran and the US continues to…