Commentary

The Government’s movement to implement its so-called debt-reset programme for student borrowers will be of unquestionable value to the debtors, especially in an economically difficult post-hurricane period. However, the scheme, rolled out last week...

There was, in the life of Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican now at rest, a quiet marvel: perhaps he never suspected how deeply his voice penetrated anonymous lives across the world, including my own. For many of us, he wasn’t just a distant artiste; he was...

Historically and universally the elected representatives of the people have been regarded as constituting the critical agents for the control of arbitrary government. An early and famous demonstration of this was the declaration of the principle...

Almost six weeks ago, Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica and exposed long-standing inequalities. It damaged 190,000 homes and hit the most vulnerable — families in board houses on leased and captured land — the hardest. As recovery...

Current West Indies cricket captain Roston Chase was recently quoted as saying, after a series of poor batting performances by the WI test team, that the real challenge for the team was the weaknesses in the infrastructure in our cricket. While...

I am a huge fan of the WhatsApp social media platform. I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that I get hundreds of messages daily. WhatsApp was especially helpful in maintaining stability, connectivity, and the sharing of important information during...

Three weeks before Christmas and already my family and friends are getting ready for what I will give them and, as important, what I will write for each of the weeks before Thursday, December 25. This is what the Wikipedia says is an “annual...

As we all know and painfully witnessed, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with devastating and catastrophic consequences. Anticipating the adversity in store for his country, Jamaican Prime Minister the Most...

We will agree that the passing of Melissa, a Category 5 Hurricane, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, has again brought us to a place akin to where we were during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It is a time for education and learning, particularly when...

Jamaica seems to depend on storms and hurricanes for water. Unless we experience rainfall heavy enough to cause major flooding and damage to property, we are subjected year by year to stringent water restrictions. The timing matters as well. For...

Jamaica is facing one of the most challenging periods in its modern history, with Hurricane Melissa causing damage equivalent to more than 40 per cent of GDP. The effectiveness of recovery will depend not only on funding, but on the strength of...

AS CONFLICTS rage across the world, the Caribbean continues to be counted as one of the ‘hotspots’ globally. In the Central area, the Haitian situation remains unresolved for many years and, in the South, there is the blossoming impasse between the...