Jason Smith

Jamaica is the Germany of the Caribbean!!youtu.be/qoVzKRieu6I?si…

Vindicated – Why Daryl Vaz was right about rural school buses our.today/vindicated-why…

Best invention I've seen this year 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

There is a Kabak that fancies themselves to be thought leaders among us. They give the impression of lording their thoughts over us, they’re right and everyone with a different opinion is wrong. They’re quick to assign labels and claim victimhood. They celebrate the Constitution and scream about what a healthy democracy means/looks like. While seemingly forgetting the fundamental features of (1) freedom of speech and (2) freedom of Opinions that’s afforded to all of us, not just them. These two features guarantee divergence in views/perspective on all if not most topics. Intelligence/Emotional Intelligence; if you have these you should realize that some people are prone to emotional outbursts where Politics and Sports are concerned.(I know the young attorney will latch on and run with this line). I suggest giving grace, we all aren’t the same. Some have more control than others, while others are just rude, uncouth brutes who jump at any opportunity to be disrespectful. It could be mental or socialization issues. I’m not one to judge…just saying use the intelligence you claim to scroll on. I’m sure you tell your Children about “sticks and stones”. This space is for all(unfortunately in some cases😈) and we will encounter things we consider unpleasant from time to time. Some of you I respect despite opposing views, others not so much, but I bled, sweated and had sleepless night to ensure to are free to do as you feel within the law irrespective of how I feel about it. Chin up Cupcake…you’re just another one of us. Nothing special about you or your friends. We all want what’s best for Jamaica and our Children, not just what’s best for ourselves.

@ChrisPinnock1 This is exactly why we have to be here as vanguards, to challenge those who choose to mislead, whether intentionally or not. Facts don’t take sides.

@JasmonjamSmith I’m more concerned with them misleading those who trust and believe them.

We know the ones who are trying to destroy our institutions and those who are supporting that mission directly and indirectly.

@wcchen @lizzielevy @SmittyRoyal Can we expect better from Andre Williams, his articles are consistent.

@lizzielevy @SmittyRoyal “Brave Policeman Pursues, Shoots Gunman After Brazen Daylight Murder” would be the appropriate headline. We underestimate the individual courage needed to confront cold-hearted killers, and the chilling impact on morale when our police lose public support.

So sad. Yet story opens with INDECOM investigation. Jamaicans will never accept it. Commendations to policeman who gave chase. We must never 're-normalize' these brazen killings jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…

@mcewan_janiel @mullings_clive You don’t need to claim neutrality my friend, your words already show where you stand.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PARLIAMENT OF JAMAICA, TO THE SENATE, TO THE PRIME MINISTER, TO EVERY COUNCILLOR, EVERY MP, AND EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER DARED TO SPEAK IN THE NAME OF THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE Kingston, Jamaica. May 2026. To those entrusted with the mandate of this nation, I want to begin by telling you something you may not expect to hear from someone my age. I love Jamaica. Not in the way people love a flag or a song or a t-shirt they wear on independence day. I love this country the way you love something you are genuinely afraid of losing. The way you love something that has already given you so much and is now, right before your eyes, being quietly taken apart by the very people who were supposed to protect it. I am Janiel McEwan. I am not a politician. I hold no office, carry no party card, and have no personal score to settle with anyone named in this letter. I am a young Jamaican who watches, who reads, who listens, and who has decided that silence at this particular moment in our history would be its own kind of betrayal. Because the things that are happening in this country's political life right now are not small. They are not routine. They are the kinds of things that, if left unaddressed, become permanent. They become who we are. And I refuse to accept that this is who we are. So I am writing this letter. I am asking you to read it. Not to respond to it, not to spin it, not to use it as ammunition against the other side. Simply to sit with it. To let it reach whatever part of you existed before the party, before the platform, before the ambition. The part that remembers why you said you wanted to serve Jamaica in the first place. That part of you is who I am writing to. We Did Not Bleed For This August 6, 1962. I need you to go back there with me for a moment. Not as a political exercise. Not as a talking point. Go back there as a human being and feel the weight of what that day meant. Men and women who had known nothing but the boot of colonial authority, who had organised without resources, argued without platforms, sacrificed without guarantee of victory, they gave us something that most of the world has never been given. They gave us the right to govern ourselves. To sit in our own Parliament, to speak in our own name, to shape our own future with our own hands. Norman Washington Manley did not argue the case for self-governance with the precision of his legal mind so that Gordon House could become a room where grown men make jokes about a woman's body. Alexander Bustamante did not stare down power with nothing but his voice and his nerve, organising the workers of this island into something that could not be ignored, so that the chamber he helped build could, sixty-four years later, descend into shouting matches that a child watching at home would be embarrassed by. They gave us something sacred. The question I am putting to every single person who holds political office in Jamaica today is a simple one. What have you done with it? Because what I am watching is not stewardship. It is not service. What I am watching, with grief I cannot fully put into words, is the slow and almost comfortable unravelling of the standard that was supposed to separate a free, self-governing people from the chaos that those who doubted us predicted. And the most frightening thing about that unravelling is how normal it has begun to feel. @AndrewHolnessJM @MarkJGolding @jlpjamaica @JamaicaPNP @JamaicaGleaner @JamaicaObserver

@2Brushie This gov provides equal opportunities for all, under pnp special ppl with links got opportunities. I knew what it was like to try and get a ppv license under your admin.

Rubbish. Can't be done. Nobody wants to open that floodgate especially with the govt giving licenses like confetti. 226% increase since they have been in office. Govt to explore concessionary toll fee for PPV operators - Jamaica Observer share.google/gC3mnCZCZBbaXQ…

When I accepted the invitation to speak at the graduation exercise for Cohort 91 of the Staff and Junior Command Course at the National Police College of Jamaica, I did not know that the nation would be facing such a painful and deeply concerning incident involving the loss of Latoya Bulgin’s life in St. James. Less than a week ago, Latoya Bulgin from St. James lost her life in a police-involved shooting. I extend my sincere condolences to her family, friends, community, and all Jamaicans who are grieving. I understand the pain, concern, and emotions surrounding this matter. As Prime Minister, I believe it is important that I speak carefully and responsibly, especially on matters involving loss of life and ongoing investigations. I am encouraged that the police high command acted swiftly, that the officer involved has been interdicted, and that the independent investigative process is now underway. At the heart of this issue is humanity, dignity, and respect for life. The role of the Jamaica Constabulary Force is to protect, serve, and preserve life. That must always remain the guiding principle of policing in Jamaica. I also reaffirm the importance of independent oversight and accountability. Jamaica has established systems to ensure that police-involved shootings are independently investigated, giving the public confidence that the rule of law applies to everyone. As leaders within the force, officers must continue to uphold professionalism, discipline, and respect for human life in every operation and every interaction with the public.

Leader of Government Business in Parliament Floyd Green joins us on Lead Story to shed light on the untabled Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) report. He says there has been no attempt to suppress or conceal the report. 1/2

@DalveyG Facts have no friends.

Man dem corn get little squeeze and them come out swinging pon di youth wickedly. But eyes a see and ears a hear.

@kullijhan Why bother build a machine when u can jus buy a unmodified machine and smoke a man 1000 hours spent on the machine.

The youth aren’t building cars anymore because of the economy. Can’t even build a nice little Levorg with a supercharged EZ-30 because of Anju

Dennis Gordon must resign

CAPRI × UNICEF Jamaica 2026 Jamaica is spending top-dollar on its children. They're not getting it. 22-tweet thread on one of the most important policy reports Jamaica has seen in a generation

@mcewan_janiel @jollyin876 Floyd green made reference to the standing orders which guided the decision to delay tabling the report, but I see know reference made to that in your post.

@jollyin876 Definitely.

🚨Yesterday in the House of Representatives, the Opposition staged a walkout in frustration over the Government’s handling of an Integrity Commission (IC) report into alleged improprieties at the Firearms Licensing Authority (FLA). The report was reportedly submitted to Parliament on March 30, yet nearly two months later, it remains untabled.

@jaevionn In my opinion I believe political interference is a major reason for the state that the education sector is in. What we need now are real solutions, and every possible option should be on the table.

@JasmonjamSmith Why do we think private sector is the panacea for addressing our failures? The private sector doesn't have the same concerns as government.

Fixing the edu system will require bipartisan cooperation, which is unlikely. Given that reality, it may be better to take the sector out of direct gov control and establish a priv‑sector‑led governance board to drive and oversee reforms. The Gov would still allocate funding.

@Truth_Rights39 @JamaicaGleaner Call it what you may, you do have the right to freedom of expression.

@JasmonjamSmith @JamaicaGleaner It is factual,the court hasn’t made any ruling whatsoever, if there will be any, so d speaker needs to table d report as d law provides if it had anything to do with the PNP it wud hav been leaked already to nationwide it’s time we 🛑 playing politics with people intelligence 😏

For the avoidance of doubt, this newspaper asked Jamaica’s Parliament to clarify the circumstances in which it would feel obliged to prevent, within its chambers, the airing of — or take action on — a matter of public interest because the issue is before the courts.