Forming a Cabinet dedicated to Jamaica’s development, who goes where? 

Reading Time: 10 minutesNow that the bunting has come down, the media ads and YouTube promos have stopped, and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has secured three straight general election victories, Prime Minister…

Sunday Sips with HG Helps | That police fight, ‘Skill’ Cole, and fireworks at World Champs

Reading Time: 8 minutesIt is now history since Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake vacated the chair of the Police Officers’ Association, and said that the incumbent chairman, Senior Superintendent of Police Wayne…

Why Andrew Holness must stay on as prime minister and transform Jamaica for the better

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe general election is now over, and the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has returned to power, albeit with a substantially reduced majority. The people of Jamaica still repose faith…

Andrea Dempster Chung | Creative placemaking in the Caribbean: A pathway to development

Reading Time: 7 minutesBuilding cities that truly respond to the needs of their people while sustaining economic growth is one of the greatest challenges facing our region today.  As a structural engineer and…

Sunday Sips with HG Helps | Mandatory voting a must; fresh faces for Cabinet, PNP candidates must stay and schoolboy football

Reading Time: 7 minutesFor Jamaica to free itself of the stigma of vote buying, low turnout of electors and some irregularities at election time, the nation must decide on mandatory voting. It is…

Professor Leroy Fearon | Implications of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s global governance vision for SIDS

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe September 1 address delivered at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting highlighted the urgency of strengthening global governance amid turbulence in international relations. Central to the proposals was the Global Governance Initiative…

How mature is the electorate in the 2025 general election?

Reading Time: 2 minutesThroughout the 1970s and 1980s, Jamaicans came to associate a high level of hostility with the election process. However, fast forward to the present, and one can say the situation has improved considerably.

During various election cycles in Jamaica, there has been spirited banter between political rivals within communities. Yet, once the voting concludes, these same individuals often return to being neighbours and community members, underscoring a growing political maturity.

Mikel Hylton | Bad bargain: Why integrity cannot be traded

Reading Time: 4 minutesPrime Minister Andrew Holness is asking Jamaicans to accept a dangerous bargain: overlook corruption concerns in exchange for macroeconomic stability.  The ‘5 in 4’ promise of rapid growth is long…

Petra Williams | Jamaica Votes 2025: A nation at the ballot box, a democracy on edge

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen Jamaicans head to the polls today (September 3), they will do so in one of the most finely balanced elections in recent history. Depending on which pollster you believe,…

H.G. Helps | Dr Miranda Wellington awaits her day of political glory

Reading Time: 4 minutesIf she is walking down Flagaman main road and you shout out ‘Dr Miranda’ or ‘Dr Wellington’, chances are that she would not readily connect with the sounds. But just…

Sunday Sips with H.G. Helps | That ‘not a Jamaican’ remark by the prime minister

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe final of the three political debates held last Thursday (August 28) was the finest verbal battle that I have witnessed between two people involved in Jamaican politics. My earlier…

AI agents forecast Jamaica’s next government in knife-edge election?

Reading Time: 6 minutesFor the first time in Jamaica’s and the Caribbean’s history, a panel of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems has been convened to forecast the outcome of a national election. Section…