Commentary
December 17, 2025
Elizabeth Morgan | The USA and immigration: Such hypocrisy!
The plaque inside the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour has the sonnet by Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, which includes the lines: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning…
December 17, 2025
Lance Neita | Rejoicing over you with singing
I did not know that God sings until I came across a verse in the Bible, Zephaniah 3:17. which says that the Lord will “rejoice over you with singing”.
December 17, 2025
Peter Polack | Caribbean vows: In sickness and health
The truth is often like a wife who abandons her husband in hospital, a friend who does not return your calls for help, bankers who refuse you after the 243rd mortgage payment and governments who…
December 16, 2025
Editorial | Hold Parliament’s bosses accountable
They mightn’t have cost the big sums that occasionally trigger an angry national venting. However, the latest management foozles at Parliament, including rookie bungling of procurement contracts,…
December 16, 2025
Ruthlyn James | Redefining student engagement assistants in education system
In classrooms today, one figure sits quietly at the margins: not teacher, not therapist, yet essential to a child’s learning journey. Commonly known as ‘shadows’, these individuals were originally…
December 16, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Communication crisis
So, on December 10, Wonderland finally came to Alice as Australia banned social media for users younger than 16. The compound idiocy of the ban was underscored in a statement by Meta regional policy…
December 15, 2025
Editorial | Early childhood crisis
Even before Hurricane Melissa caused major destruction in the west of the island, early childhood education, like the rest of Jamaica’s education system, was in deep crisis. The storm has made the…
December 15, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Why civility matters
Asked what he felt was the major fault line of American culture at this time, retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy named the absence of civility – defined as the practised respect – first…
December 15, 2025
Jamel Banton | Concrete deck or zinc – what’s the best option?
When the prime minister recently cautioned Jamaicans not to rush into building concrete roofs after Hurricane Melissa, did he offer wise advice? His point was simple: do not trade one hazard for…