As a small island state Jamaica has a vested interest in the good health of the world oceans, including areas outside of its territorial waters. The logic is obvious. There are no physical barriers between the high seas and the island’s exclusive...
Coming back to Trinidad after a great time in Barbados, and hearing some of the folks there and in Trinidad saying given they will have the usual bacchanal in “Barbados,” especially with a “just-so” or what is really an “out of the blue election...
On January 14, the US Department of State announced that, effective January 21, it would pause the issuance of all immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, including 11 in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), deemed to be at “high risk of...
Jamaica’s housing affordability gap has widened further in 2025, as rising construction costs, climate-related shocks, higher insurance premiums, and constrained lending continue to outpace wage growth, tightening access to homeownership for low-...
Tupac Shakur or ‘2Pac’ was an American rapper who died in 1996. Yet, I recently saw a video of 2Pac on the poolside of a luxury property talking about music hits he is almost ready to release, that fans can expect in 2026. If it wasn’t for the...
I do not have access to the Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders; my only knowledge of their contents is whatever is reported in this newspaper. And I have no reason to disbelieve the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). In an article published two days...
Mark Carney’s speech in Davos on Tuesday should be required reading – or listening – for all heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). While Mr Carney, Canada’s prime minister, didn’t mention Donald Trump by name, his remarks were...
There is an economy Jamaicans interact with every day, yet rarely see reflected in official discussions. It pays rent when formal wages fall short. It absorbs shocks when jobs disappear. It feeds households during crises. And for a large share of...
During the long passage of life we are at times confronted with the sudden passing of treasured ones. That of Curtis Ward has come to me as a cataclysmic shock as our almost daily contact was done by email at 3.24 on his final Sunday afternoon on...
The title of the recently completed Media Institute of the Caribbean Corporate Custom Certification course, ‘Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, Countering the Financing of Proliferation...
The recent call by Kingston’s mayor, Andrew Swaby, for Jamaica’s municipal corporations to be given responsibility for garbage collection reminds of the long-running saga about the future and the structure of the National Solid Waste Management...
January 24 will be commemorated as the International Day of Education 2026, in which UNESCO highlights the role of youth as essential co-creators of the education systems that shape their futures. Across the Caribbean, young people are driving...
The Home Office Windrush scandal stands as one of the most shameful chapters in Britain’s recent history. British citizens who had spent decades building their lives here, contributing to our communities and enriching our society, were treated as...
A minor earthquake felt across sections of St Andrew recently has renewed attention on how and where Jamaicans build, as authorities again underline the importance of enforcing national construction standards in a country exposed to seismic...
If history is any guide, this newspaper would not advise anyone to hold their breaths, expecting someone at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to pay anything towards the more than J$64 million worth of fertiliser for which there...
Normally, at the start of a new year, analysts would be looking at the trade and economic agenda and the key issues to be addressed to spur economic growth. This year analysts are focused on the increasingly alarming threats and policy positions...
Renee Nicole Good, a mother tragically killed during an encounter with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis, symbolises the violent, dehumanising practices that define America’s immigration enforcement system. Shot at...
Breathing in air pollution like ozone and PM2.5 harms nearly every major system in the human body. It is particularly hard on the cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological systems. Ozone is a harmful gas that irritates the lungs. It can reduce...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stunning military intervention in Venezuela. Telling the New York Giants which coach to hire. Threats against Iran, Denmark, Greenland and Colombia. Posing with someone else's Nobel Peace Prize. Dangling the potential of...
Empathy is “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” Last week, my article “The Decline of Empathy” was published in The Gleaner, and I shared the piece on my Facebook pages. In the article, I mentioned the value of teaching...
The latest drama in Apocrypha, our favourite fantasyland, unfolded as it appeared on a list of countries whose citizens were barred from applying for USA immigrant visas. Oma D’unn’s consultancy firm, Oma Unsacked, was deluged with frantic...
The timing of last weekend’s telephone discussion between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio – days after the United States named Jamaica among 75 countries for which it has suspended the processing of immigrant...
Jamaica has no shortage of water laws. For more than a century, Parliament has passed legislation to govern water supply, protect watersheds, control floods, license abstraction, regulate utility rates, and manage wastewater. Yet for many...
The great powers' current revival of a spheres of influence-based international order, coming at the expense of (once) US-led liberal internationalism, is being closely watched by Caribbean leaders. A subset of these leaders – i.e. Heads of...
One of the most controversial points of the meetings that bring together the international community at the recently concluded climate conference — the Conference of the Parties (COP) — centres on the discussion about the need to leave oil and...
