Commentary

As the discussions on foreign policy in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continue, the region is looking to improve relations with Africa through the African Union (AU). Modelled on the European Union (EU), the AU promotes Africa’s growth and...

I am a survivor, advocate, activist, and first responder to women and girls who experience sexual violence daily – women who have their vaginas penetrated against their will, under physical, mental/emotional, financial, sociocultural threats; women...

Two things are quite obvious from the strong earthquake, a week ago, off Jamaica’s north-west coast. We are fortunate that it didn’t happen on land. Second, there is need for a more robust, ongoing conversation about Jamaica’s preparedness to...

On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU). We lost a member of our family. It was a sad moment for us, for European citizens, and, indeed, for many British citizens. Nevertheless, we have always respected the...

“I’m sorry to say it, but he’s a backstabber,” said Rudy Guiliani of John Bolton. “When you have someone who is your friend, who says something against you but does not have the guts to come to you and tell you what is his complaint, that’s a...

A grand exhibition opens today at the National Gallery: ‘Jamaica Jamaica! How Our Music Conquered the World’. The original exhibition was mounted at the Paris Philharmonic in 2017 with a far less ‘boombastic’ subtitle. It was, simply, ‘From mento...

According to the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2018, the agricultural sector contributed some 7.1 per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 and accounted for some 16.1 per cent of the labour force. This mismatch between...

It’s 2020 and Jamaica has still not found a way to efficiently and effectively manage its waste. Recent images of garbage piled high at the Coronation Market tell an eloquent tale of our poor attempts at waste management. This look is replicated in...

Early in the new year, my 2020 vision was tested by a bold headline on the cover-page of a Trinidad Sunday newspaper, ‘Cloud Over Camille’ with a picture of the former Minister of Planning, Camille Robinson-Regis. While many of the local...

Antibiotics, even used for short periods of time, let alone for lifelong therapy, raise the issues of both toxicity and the emergence of bacterial ­antibiotic resistance, meaning that the bacteria do not respond to the antibiotic treatment. If I...

Almost everybody has their teacher-who-affected-my-life stories. One of mine is about John Binns, who was laid to rest two days ago. When I went to Campion College in 1964, John Binns – just 20 years old – was the accompanist for the school Glee...

What is increasingly obvious about the political crisis in Venezuela is its need for a diplomatic reset to break the stalemate. A muscular insistence on regime change, with Juan Guidó as the face of the new order, has, if not run its course, become...