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Jamaica's New Status of Forces Agreement With Washington: What Actually Changes, and What Doesn't
Kingston and Washington have signed a modern legal framework for military cooperation, not a basing deal or a mutual defence pact, and the details that matter most are the ones neither government has yet made public. Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher On August 20, 2026, the Governments of Jamaica and
Jamaica Is Running Short of Water. But Is Water Scarcity Really the Problem?
Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher August 17 is not simply another date on Jamaica's regulatory calendar. It is the day conservation stops being a suggestion and becomes an enforceable order. From that Monday, households and businesses across seven parishes, Kingston, St Andrew, St Thomas, St Mary, Portland, St
Jamaica's Beaches, Part II: What the Government's Own Numbers Reveal
A single internal document, obtained for this investigation, does more to settle Jamaica's beach-access argument than either side of it has managed in two years Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher Part One of this investigation asked a simple question. When the tourism minister says Jamaica has 70
Hurting Jamaica: The Beach Debate We Keep Getting Wrong
Free beaches, paid beaches and public responsibility: what the evidence actually shows Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher Jamaica is arguing about beaches as though the country has only two choices. Either every Jamaican gets free access to every beach, or private investment and tourism get to decide who passes through