Commentary

Which came first: the chicken or the egg? This question is probably every child’s first encounter with philosophy. Kids have been debating with each other about whether the chicken or the egg came first, perhaps since the existence of the chicken...

It must have indeed been an exceptional circumstance that caused the postponement of last Friday’s virtual summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders at which Haiti’s ongoing security/political crisis was the main item on the agenda....

WHILE DYSLEXIA is widely recognised as a learning disability, lesser-known conditions such as dyscalculia and dysgraphia often go unnoticed. Like dyslexia – where individuals with average or above-average intelligence experience specific...

“The only thing that keep us going is the love of our people!” – President Ibrahim Traoré AFRICA HAS faced massive outflows of capital, stolen resources, and crooked profits have fattened foreign coffers while leaving the continent starving. But...

The United National Congress (UNC) in Trinidad and Tobago may be rusty at the intricacies of statecraft and international diplomacy. They were out of office for a decade. However, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who previously served in...

When we hear the word “slavery”, many, if not most of us, conjure up images of dark-skinned African captives shackled and chained, or drawings of slaves packed like sardines on slave ships during the transatlantic slave trade. During this period,...

Jamaicans are growing increasingly anxious about the quality of our drinking water. The worsening test results in January and February, combined with the silence of the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) and Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR...

The crime discourse in Jamaica over the years reveals an interplay between rhetoric and reform. While the headlines often focus on spikes in violence, the statements from our leaders underscore strategic pivots: toward reform of the police force,...

Our grandchildren will have much less wood and lots more water than we have today. As we prepare for the general election with both major political parties scuttling like rats during the short window of the cat’s absence, there is a reality check...

It’s not clear the real impact travel advisories issued by the US government on foreign countries have on the decisions by Americans to travel to those destinations. Our government, rightly, takes them seriously, especially when they are negative...

I can understand Chicago. In fact, even though none of us that age had been in the United States , our teacher made us shout, ‘Chicken in the car and the car can’t go, that is the way you spell Chicago.’ We had also heard one of the calypsonians...

The seeming rise in complaints of abuse of elderly people highlights not only that problem, but also the urgency with which the island must formulate policies to deal with demographic shifts that make grey Jamaicans the fastest-growing segment of...