In Focus
April 26, 2026
Gordon Robinson | The doctrine of “so what?”
Pick a table – any table. Ask anybody whether it’s solid. They’ll all answer “yes”. Ask if it’s stationary. You’ll get the same answer. You can do the same with a rock. Then show them the table or…
April 26, 2026
Mark Wignall | University Hospital and taxes
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has admitted that it owes some J$18 billion in taxes. Yes, that’s right - J$18 billion in taxes to the Government. With penalties and late fees, the…
April 26, 2026
Raslan Abu Rukun | Historic opening: Israel, Lebanon, and the courage to choose peace
April 14, 2026, will be remembered as a historic day. For the first time in decades, Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors met for direct peace talks under American mediation. This moment did not emerge in…
April 19, 2026
Dennis Minott | The software of integrity
The Jamaican landscape is often described in the binary of “hardware” and “software”. We excel at the hardware, the construction of highways, the expansion of hotel room counts, hospital building, and…
April 19, 2026
Mark Wignall | Why Jamaica’s BPO sector deserves a fairer narrative
A television feature some time ago reignited an all too familiar debate: are call centre workers in Jamaica being treated unfairly? The conversation struck a chord, as it often does. But, like many…
April 19, 2026
Imani Tafari-Ama | Battlefields across borders
The ripple effects of war are rarely confined to the battlefield. They travel quietly but forcefully across oceans, seeping into economies, tightening household budgets and unsettling the fragile…
April 19, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Jacden says no resale
My column, headlined Inexcusable, published last Sunday, resulted in more than normal feedback. On Twitter, a regular with the handle “Rampanpiza” (@dentona22), whose tweets have, historically, been…
April 12, 2026
Diana Thorburn | Changing Jamaica’s adoption law is necessary
There are several explanations for why, despite approximately 4,500 children in state care – of whom roughly 2,000 are in children’s homes and well over 1,000 in foster care – fewer than 20 wards of…
April 12, 2026
Gordon Robinson | Inexcusable!
It now seems evident that the rancid, rotten reek emanating from University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) isn’t caused by patients. UHWI’s administration and Board are slowly but surely being…