In the early hours of Saturday, October 18, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) issued a statement on the “security build-up in the region.” The document struck a familiar chord of regional caution: reaffirming the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, reiterating the need for dialogue and adherence to international law, and emphasising respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. Yet, the very wording of that statement, and several underlying dynamics, invite deeper reflec

Sack the boy; run-weh the 'random' little miss ; let them remain sacked in their sack — and let this be a warning: public office is not a cloak for brass-faced slackness and ministerial duplicity. I know what Uncle Eddy would have shrugged and said: "Yuh gats to do what yuh gats to do, Bro."...

We are faced with a dilemma: The Integrity Commission had gone on record saying that there are at least eight current parliamentarians whose statutory declarations have not been certified. How, then, can the electorate go to the polls to vote intelligently and with a clear conscience on current members on both political sides without knowing their honesty and financial status? It’s like “ buying puss in bag!” Such a dilemma could be one of the reasons for apathy among most of

Wayne joined the T&T Police Service, graduating at the very top of his class, and serving faithfully in some of the most dangerous zones of North Trinidad. Roughly 30 years ago, he heeded God’s call to full-time ministry and took up the pastorate of a Nazarene congregation in Laventille, one of the most crime-plagued, drug-ravaged, gang-controlled, and economically underprivileged districts in the country. There was no fanfare or applause.Yet for 30 years, Wayne gave his

Published: Sunday | January 19, 2025 | 12:11 AM Contributed to Jamaica Gleaner Author: Trevor Blair In a move that has left many energy...

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Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, PhD, is an environmental scientist and the CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust.

Adolf Hiter we know much about, but Adolf Eichmann was another, less known Nazi German who was pivotal in the mass extermination of Jews...