In Focus

File photo shows a buzz of activity in the downtown Kingston shopping area.
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Danielle Archer | How silence rewrites what citizens know

Jamaica is entering a moment where the most important governance question is not who holds office but how information moves. What the public thinks it knows, what it does not know, and what it was never allowed to know now sit side by side, shaping trust in institutions more than any manifesto ever could. This is lived experience.

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Imani Tafari-Ama
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Imani Tafari-Ama | When the machine does the thinking

The anxiety surrounding the pervasive power of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its potential impact on mental development, learning and psychosocial behaviour, has become sufficiently…
Since 2017, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been more actively involved in on-the-ground crime-fighting initiatives through the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) and States of Public Emergency (SOEs), alongside the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
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Mark Wignall | Should we be scared of the police?

Recently, there was a ‘road rage’ incident involving members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). One JCF member shot at another JCF member during the incident. Most unbelievable. Squaddies…
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Gordon Robinson | When you listen you learn

Life is a series of choices made by you that are the only reasons what you call “good” or “bad” happens to you. Nobody does anything to you. You do everything to or for yourself. Let’s reason this…
Representational image of a teacher in a classroom.
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Dennis A. Minott | Reverend Thwaites, are you reading my mind?

There are moments when a newspaper column arrives with such extraordinary timing that one is tempted to ask whether the writer has somehow been reading one’s mind. Reverend Ronald Thwaites’ “What if…
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding surrounded by supporters during Nomination Day activities on August 18.
August 30, 2026

Jalil Dabdoub | Anancy and the politics of fear

The Gleaner’s recent report, “PNP bets on democratic socialism”, has produced the reaction one might have expected. Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has warned that Jamaica cannot…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
August 30, 2026

Mark Wignall | Dr Holness, come better than this!

This follows on from my column last week. The August 11 operation to remove the squatters and their “homes” from the land at Coopers Pen was well planned. It started at 3 a.m. I had pointed out that…
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August 30, 2026

Aubrey Stewart | Beyond PNP or JLP country: Jamaica’s performance voters

For generations, Jamaica’s political landscape has been drawn as “PNP country” or “JLP country”. Here, party loyalty has often been more than a choice made on Election Day. It can feel almost…
August 30, 2026

Dennis A Minott | Trustee for, or traitor to, the Jamaican State?

There is a fundamental question that every public official in Jamaica should be required to confront, preferably before taking the oath of office, and certainly before signing agreements that bind…
Mark Golding, president of the People’s National Party.
August 30, 2026

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…