Commentary

THE EDITOR, Sir: Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller coyly tried to avoid mentioning the source of help that Jamaica will be getting from Cuba. The Cubans have always been at the forefront of assistance for poor black people, and especially Africans.

Chikungunya is now ravaging Jamaica, shutting down court cases, crippling productivity and, in some regretful instances, taking lives from complications associated with the virus.

This past week must surely go down in the recorded history of this country as one of the most revealing. All at once we were exposed as a most complex society. We displayed a multitude of traits. They ran the gamut from proud accomplishment to raw brutality. The ability to comprehend what all this means for the society fails me.

Jamaican health and immigration authorities are still trying to play catch-up with preparation at ports of entry to scan travellers for high fever, which is one of the tell-tale signs of the onset of Ebola.

Mi nah put goat mout pon Malcolm Gladwell. Not at all. Mi hope mosquito never bite im an gi im chik-V wen im come ya fi talk last week up a UWI.

We appreciate the pressure that is perhaps being felt by Peter Phillips, the finance minister, in the face of recent bad political news. Yet, he continues to say, and up to now do, the right things.

We appreciate the pressure that is perhaps being felt by Peter Phillips, the finance minister, in the face of recent bad political news. Yet, he continues to say, and up to now do, the right things.

Wavell Hinds, we are told, will be flying off to India to meet with the senior West Indies players this weekend in a bid to resolve what now seems to be an unresolvable problem.