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A court’s sentencing of police officers reflects Jamaicans’ concerns about police accountability

Written by Emma Lewis

6 days ago

Respected political journalist and ‘Caribbean man’ Rickey Singh passes on

Written by Emma Lewis

1 week ago

International Reggae Day celebrates Jamaica’s iconic music by refocusing on activism and climate justice

Written by Emma Lewis

2 weeks ago

Pride and prejudice in Jamaica

Written by Candice Stewart

12 June 2025

Stories about Jamaica

World Environment Day: In Jamaica, the battle against plastics continues

Last year, over 7,000 volunteers collected more than 43,000 kilograms of trash on some 153 kilometres of Jamaican coastline in just one day

Written by Emma Lewis

5 June 2025

What Vybz Kartel’s no-show in Trinidad could reveal about the sustainability of cultural performances in the Caribbean

A question of reimagining and rescaling, so big fish can occasionally revisit and happily fit into the small ponds that spawned them

Written by Dave Williams

4 June 2025

In São Luís, the city known as the Brazilian Jamaica, reggae is a local identity

The capital of Maranhão, a northeastern Brazilian state, turned the Caribbean music into a local cultural movement with a twist

Written by Fernanda Canofre

12 May 2025

Caribbean leaders and citizens recognise Pope Francis’ groundbreaking work

His compassion, advocacy for the poor, refugees and immigrants, and outreach to the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalised groups gained him many admirers

Written by Emma Lewis

22 April 2025

Max Romeo, an urgent musical voice in Jamaica's turbulent 1970s, passes away at 80

His iconic album 'War Ina Babylon' reflected the political turbulence of 1970s Jamaica

Written by Emma Lewis

14 April 2025

Caribbean leaders and citizens fiercely defend the Cuban Medical Cooperation Programme

The Trump administration recently announced visa restrictions for foreign officials that the US considers 'complicit' in Cuba’s foreign medical programmes

Written by Emma Lewis

25 March 2025

Jamaica's protected area that wasn't

The bulldozers arrived [and] ripped out a swath of small dunes, mangroves, and other vegetation [for] a party called Good Times

Written by Guest Contributor

24 March 2025

Two Jamaican reggae artists with rural roots pass on, leaving echoes of the 1990s

Cocoa Tea and Determine leave behind a legacy of 'conscious' reggae music

Written by Emma Lewis

17 March 2025

The ambiguity of my Jamaican sound

'How is it that I, a Jamaican who has lived all my life on the island, do not sound like one?'

Written by Candice Stewart

9 March 2025

On International Women's Day, a call for Jamaica to combat systemic barriers that hold women back

'This is not optional'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

9 March 2025

Jamaican Diana McCaulay's latest novel discusses enduring issues of family, land and identity

The narrative is infused with local folklore, customs, the beauty of the natural world and the Patwa expressions of Jamaica

Written by Emma Lewis

28 February 2025

How the Caribbean views the Trump administration's mass deportations

The language used around deportation often leads to negative perceptions of those involved

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco, Candice Stewart

14 February 2025

Jamaican poet Velma Pollard, whose melodious writing paid homage to the Patwa language, passes on

'All the great ones are moving on. And we not reproducing them quite as fast!'

Written by Emma Lewis

3 February 2025

After decades of campaigning, Jamaicans rejoice over President Biden’s pardon of National Hero Marcus Garvey

'A historic moment recognising his legacy in Black empowerment and global impact'

Written by Emma Lewis

19 January 2025

Guided by the light: Photos from Latin America and the Caribbean, with love

'January days are just special around the Caribbean'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco, Estefanía Salazar, Emma Lewis

16 January 2025

Waves of change: Can ocean renewables solve rising electricity costs in Jamaica?

'I think it is possibly harmonious with the environment'

Written by Guest Contributor

10 January 2025

Year in review: Climate justice remained a pressing issue for the Caribbean in 2024

'[Beryl is] evidence of the entrenchment of the Caribbean region as the canary in the coal mine of the climate catastrophe'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

28 December 2024

In Jamaica's Rio Cobre oil spill case, activists and civil society say there are outstanding issues

The controversial legal conclusion notwithstanding, this matter remains unresolved in the eyes of environmentalists and governance advocates

Written by Emma Lewis

22 December 2024

A veteran Jamaican journalist is murdered, shocking the country and heightening security concerns

'Living a fulfilling life for seventy-seven years [and] then somebody kills you in your home; tragic isn't the word, it's something else'

Written by Emma Lewis

21 December 2024

From shadows to sunlight: Why access to information matters in Jamaica

It is 'more important than ever to ensure this right supports transparency and effective advocacy'

Written by Emma Lewis

28 November 2024

Embracing the feral in Kingston, Jamaica's concrete jungle

'[Examining] a 21st-century art installation through a 15th-century perspective [offers] a way for us to survive and bloom anew'

Written by Guest Contributor

27 November 2024

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