In Focus

August 23, 2026

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 framework. We welcome these questions because meaningful innovation in education should be subjected to rigorous scrutiny.

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August 23, 2026

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…
Jalil Dabdoub
August 23, 2026

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…
A demolished home in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny.
August 23, 2026

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…
Some of the buses procured by the Government for the rural school bus system.
August 23, 2026

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…
In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny.
August 23, 2026

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…
August 16, 2026

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…
Oil residue lines the shore near fishing boats on Qeshm Island, Iran, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined.
August 23, 2026

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…
The Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain
August 16, 2026

Gordon Robinson | CCJ: Crisis, conundrum or calumny?

So, leaked internal e-mails revealing CCJ Judges’ complaints about the President’s administrative leadership style created a regional ruckus. If Trinidad Express reports are accurate, he’s accused by…
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…