In every Caribbean household there is a container of mixed nuts, often presented to visitors at Christmas or stashed away for special occasions. The contents are never uniform. Some nuts are large, others small; some have shells that are stubbornly hard, others crack easily. Yet, taken together, they offer flavour, variety, and nourishment. So it is with the Caribbean’s young people, particularly in A-QuEST princelings and doclings of Jamaica.

By Dennis A Minott, PhD (I Praise God for Overseas, Multicultural, Polyglot Education) A conceptual illustration of a vintage radio dial...

Fairness, clarity, and global comparability—principals are urged to adopt A-QuEST’s Concordance to better represent student achievement.

A hypothetical government programme to install a minimum capacity of 150 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload speeds in every Jamaican household would not be a mere infrastructure upgrade; it would be the foundational act of a profound national transformation, catalysing economic growth, social equity, and democratic renewal. High-speed, reliable internet is the central nervous system of modern commerce. For Jamaica, this would unlock several tiers of economic potential...

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

Current polling predicts yet another cycle of low voter turnout. This persistent reluctance to participate in the democratic process stems, in large part, from widespread distrust of politics and politicians. Unless the electorate is given fresh, practical incentives to turn out and vote—for whichever party they choose—this apathy will endure...Read more

This confusion between ambition and greed is not unique to Jamaica. It is a regional affliction — and a regional danger. Renowned political psychologist Robert Hare, in his work on psychopathy in leadership, notes how a lack of empathy and a focus on self-gain can manifest in public life, with devastating consequences for the general populace. He could well have been describing the scenarios we see today. In Guyana, oil wealth is already pooling in elite accounts even as m

I have heard and read some idiotic arguments and responses to the call for accountability for egregious behaviour which enriches...

Greed Mangles Nations; Ambition Shepherds a People Across time and place—from exemplary American presidencies to the bedrock of Singapore’s rise—thought-leaders and statesmen have recognised a potent truth: greed corrodes, but ambition, tempered by integrity, builds. As we reflect on Jamaica today—and indeed across CARICOM—we must confront a sobering transformation...Read More

In the past few years, Jamaica has received small open sailboats from Haiti, usually carrying fewer than 60 passengers—men, women, and children—fleeing from untenable social, economic, political, health, security, and educational conditions. Their vessels are often perilously unseaworthy, their journeys a testament to desperation rather than adventure. Our response as a state has, too often, been bureaucratic, transactional, and distant—characterised by military boots and

In an atmosphere still unsettled by previous integrity investigations, new Sunday Gleaner revelations questioning financial propriety have emerged like a slow-moving landslide—ominous, destabilising, and smothering public confidence. This is no longer about partisan politics. This is about civic oxygen—the very air we need to breathe as citizens. Arendt warned that the greatest danger lay not in the monstrous, but in the mundane. And here in Jamaica, the mundane has become t

The time for polite debate is over. It is now a matter of survival. we write today to call—firmly and without apology—for the criminalisation of climate change denial across Jamaica and all CARICOM member states. Moreover, we urge that the deliberate misrepresentation of non-renewable energy technologies as "green" or "renewable" must henceforth be treated under the law as criminal fraud, prosecutable in open court....

Our business schools must urgently recalibrate their mission, not as factories for conventional managers, but as midwives for a sustainable, resilient, and just economy tailor-made for both island and mountainous realities throughout the region.

Let us remember: 1. Puerto Rico’s Bonus Reactor shut down in disgrace. 2. Cuba’s reactor project collapsed amid geopolitical complications. 3. The Dominican Republic mothballed its nuclear ambitions. 4. Haiti in its heyday, wisely, never attempted one. Instead of chasing nuclear mirages, Jamaica must double down on proven, scalable, and socially embedded renewables:..

It is not hyperbole to say that energy is destiny. And for too long, Jamaica's destiny has been dictated not by the people, nor by the imperatives of justice or resilience, but by monopolistic inertia. The 2027 expiration of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo)'s all-island licence is no mere bureaucratic milestone—it is a generational pivot point.

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

In many congregations that proudly wear the labels “Bible-believing” or “Spirit-filled” we now see Jesus’ name being used to justify: • Nationalist agendas that criminalise foreigners and asylum-seekers; • Uncritical loyalty to leaders who embody greed, cruelty, or deceit; •Hostility to science, learning, or reform, all waved away as “worldly”; • Prosperity gospel peddling, now bordering on spiritual racketeering. Such distortions of faith are not rare. They are daily

🎤How should the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) proceed if it is serious about liberating the country from decades of monopolistic inefficiency and fossil-fuel dependency?

What does a typical day look like in the belly of a political mastodon? Whether stomping about in Washington or snorting through the corridors of Gordon House, these lumbering beasts of governance rise early — to gorge on privilege, wash down hypocrisy, and belch platitudes before midday. Chef's Note: All mastodon meals must be....: Rich in ego Free from transparency Fortified with taxpayer funds Heavily processed by Chang-Campbell-certified mash dung machines...

The right test can propel a student into the Ivy League, the University of Oxford or Cambridge, or a United World College. And sadly, the wrong choice—too often made for reasons of local convenience—can leave untapped potential on the table. In content and design, one of these tests (ACT or SAT), aligns better with global Common Core standards and the kind of critical reasoning and data analysis that Caribbean students practise daily....