If ever Jamaica needed proof that we stand within a real Caribbean community, it came quietly and movingly today, 18 November, when several smaller CARICOM states—many with far fewer resources than ours—stepped forward to express solidarity with Jamaica after the devastations of Hurricane Melissa. Messages of support and emergency pledges from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Dominica, Cuba, Belize, Barbados, and Antigua & Barbuda may not command

Dear High School Seniors of Jamaica, Haiti, the Cayman Islands, and Cuba, I pray this message finds you safe and steadily regaining strength after Hurricane Melissa—however difficult that journey may still be. Your university dreams remain alive. You must still secure your place in college. And that means writing compelling, truthful, and memorable application essays. Below are 20 concise, British-English essay topic ideas aligned with the current Common App prompts. Each i

Black River is one of our oldest towns of elegance, enterprise, science, and firsts: electrification, motor vehicles, cinema, trade, and progressive civic life. It carries a legacy of outward-looking innovation that must not be allowed to fade. Its river, coastline, mangroves, and wetlands form a priceless natural defence system and ecological treasure—one which Melissa has reminded us is fragile. To rebuild Black River in the same way it was before would be a national mis

Knowing promotion of climate-change denial anywhere in CARICOM should be a criminal offence, especially when done to project and/or protect “billioneering” for private gain. After Jamaica's Melissa and Baryl cases, that position is no longer radical; it is elementary self-defence. To keep licensing, subsidising, or platforming climate liars is to aid and abet future Melissa-like disasters and their psychological carnage. Taylor is right...READ MORE

Some will argue that criminalising climate-denialism infringes on freedom of speech. But free speech has never implied the right to cause public harm. One cannot shout “fire” in a crowded theatre. One cannot freely advertise cyanide as cough syrup. One cannot spread medical falsehoods that endanger children. In the same way, one should not be permitted to knowingly spread scientifically disproven narratives that: undermine disaster preparedness, influence vulnerable commun

some events demand reverence, not re-enactment. To parody tragedy is to desecrate memory. It is this boundary Jamaica now risks crossing in Kingston Pirates Week—where history’s violence becomes spectacle. The proposed Kingston Pirates Week aligns primarily with the economic/commercial and political/ideological categories: a tourism-marketing exercise couched in heritage rhetoric. It commemorates no emancipation, offers no moral reflection, and risks aestheticising brutalit

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

A 2022 report by the Caribbean Education Policy Review (CEPR) noted that students perceived as “well-rounded” were 2.5 times more likely to receive leadership appointments than those with similar grades but humbler demeanour. That bias, rooted in adult admiration for charm, creates what sociologist Errol Lawrence calls “a hidden curriculum of personality privilege.” Teachers may not intend harm. They are often overworked, rather underpaid, and quite desperate for success s

In Jamaican culture, the phone is no longer simply a tool of convenience: it is part of the daily ritual, the social status totem, the anxiety-soother. When youth ask, “Are you on WhatsApp / Facebook / Instagram?”, often the answer is expected: yes. The phone is assumed.The metaphor of worship is apt: we invest attention, emotion, time, status in the SIM and device. We sacrifice other things — quietude, reflection, community gathering, mentorship, spirituality.Thus the provoc

Everywhere one turns, Caribbean elites are polishing illusions designed to feed their own greed at the expense of the “poor people” they profess to love. If hypocrisy were exportable, CARICOM—led by whichever smiling old or new figure of the moneyed class—would have a trade surplus. A generation ago, moral outrage came as naturally as breathing—a civic reflex. Today it has been replaced by strategic ambiguity: “Let’s not rock the boat.” In such a climate, editors and broadca

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."...

Barracuda often accumulate ciguatoxins in their flesh by eating smaller reef fish that have fed on toxic algae (Gambierdiscus species). Gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiovascular and other chronic symptoms usually appear within a few hours of eating the fish and can last for days, weeks, or even months.

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The space for error has collapsed to near zero, while the space for potent, paralysing criticism has expanded outside of Gordon House to fill the vacuum. You are not so much a sun around which the political system orbits, but a star in a delicate binary system, acutely aware of the opposing pull and the immense empty spaces surrounding you.

Host, Mr Stefan Richards, UWC alumnus and UWC Jamaica's Carissa will speak on: -The UWC mission and experience -The Shelby Davis Scholarship at top US universities -How UWC shapes young leaders for global service and success 🗓️ Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025; Time: MORNING, at 8:00 am Online

Behind the neat rows of school timetables lies harmful buffoonery, where pools-timetabling locks children’s dreams into cages and wastes...

For decades, our health system benefited from physicians trained in Burma, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ghana, Hungary, India, Latin America, Nigeria, Russia, the UK, and the United States. Their children sat in our classrooms and their parents were among the most trusted doctors of our families. No one questioned their competence. Why then the sudden disdain for Jamaican youngsters graduating with Chinese diplomas? Is it because they did not enter medical school with enough

Grace and peace to you. I am writing to commend you on your excellent report of 20 September on Glenmuir High School’s valedictorian, Ms. Raine Cooper.

A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses (complete thoughts) are joined together improperly—without correct...

We are, in so many ways, an outwardly looking musical nation; for our media to pretend otherwise is an abdication of leadership and imagination.