Commentary
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Kishore Shallow must go
Kishore Shallow, the president of Cricket West Indies, clearly doesn’t get it.
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Surviving the crisis
Before October 28 when powerful Hurricane Melissa wrecked the west of the island, Jamaica was on a path of modest, but encouraging, recovery from the impact of hurricane Beryl of 2024. Inflation had…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Astonishing turnarounds
There is one state in the US where they calculate the number of prison cells needed in 15 years time by checking the number of male students leaving grade 3 who cannot read. We could do the same.…
December 9, 2025
Lloyd Barnett | Duties and responsibilities of parliamentarians
Historically and universally the elected representatives of the people have been regarded as constituting the critical agents for the control of arbitrary government. An early and famous…
December 9, 2025
Christopher Burgess | Rebuild housing in western Jamaica
Almost six weeks ago, Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica and exposed long-standing inequalities. It damaged 190,000 homes and hit the most vulnerable — families in board houses on leased and…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | The paradoxical desocialisation by social media – Part 2
I am a huge fan of the WhatsApp social media platform. I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that I get hundreds of messages daily. WhatsApp was especially helpful in maintaining stability, connectivity,…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | Delicate balances
Sometimes the lines between competing positions can become so blurred, that one wonders if the ultimate objective can be accomplished. Two persons jumped to the front of the news last week. Member of…
December 9, 2025
Don Anderson | WI batters show value of applying themselves
Current West Indies cricket captain Roston Chase was recently quoted as saying, after a series of poor batting performances by the WI test team, that the real challenge for the team was the weaknesses…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Equality for persons with disabilities
In marking the International Day for Persons with Disabilities earlier this week, Pearnel Charles Jr, the labour and social security minister, stated a truism. The days of discussing this subject, or…