Commentary

Recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is a global challenge. No country, no region, no continent can face it alone. It is therefore right for the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean to strengthen our strategic...

The radio discussion last week centred on whether religious education should continue in public schools. That’s not really a shocking question in a mimic society which is drinking deep in the hedonistic wells of our northern idol where self-...

Femicide is an emerging category of crime which has been defined by The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as “a sex-based hate crime term, broadly defined as the intentional killing of females because they are females...

There were several sound clashes at the editors’ forum on ‘The Building Issues’ that was hosted by The Gleaner on June 24. One of the dub-fi-dub contests was between Dr Patricia Green and Mr Christopher Whyms-Stone. Both are architects but they...

The two words ‘sick’ and ‘out’ set off all kinds of horror scenarios and red lights in my head because somehow, the image of the prime minister letting us all out, leading to many being sick, was what came forcefully to me. Thankfully, it was about...

One of my colleagues, who found out she had COVID, sent me a note at two this morning about an event our group is planning. In closing, she added that it seems the pandemic brings on insomnia. My response, at four in the morning, and after having...

With the 14 deaths reported on June 13, 2021, Jamaica’s pandemic death toll passed 1,000 lives lost. As of last Tuesday (June 29) the death toll due to COVID-19 stood at 1,075, and the number of officially detected infections numbered 50,124....

I write on behalf of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) in relation to the article in The Sunday Gleaner, June 27, written on behalf of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA). The ‘Right to Know’ campaign for front-of-...

SINCE THE announcement by the Government to reopen the entertainment sector, conversation has increased surrounding whether tertiary students, such as those attending The University of the West Indies (UWI), should be allowed to return to face-to-...

Jamaica may indeed be on to a good programme for incentivising a major recycling of plastic bottles. However, the environment minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, should be wary of overhyping the scheme, lest he cause people to perceive it as a dud before...

The coming week is significant for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as Sunday, July 4 is officially CARICOM Day marking 48 years since the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago on July 4, 1973, creating the Community. On...

As of July 1, and effective until August 11, our curfew hours will be as follows: Mondays to Saturdays: 11 p.m. – 5 a.m.; Sundays: 6 p.m. – 5 a.m. When I heard that the times would be changed, allowing us to be up and about for longer hours, my...