Commentary
06 Dec, 2025
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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…
06 Dec, 2025
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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,…
06 Dec, 2025
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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…
06 Dec, 2025
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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…
05 Dec, 2025
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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…
05 Dec, 2025
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Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe | After Hurricane Melissa – Understanding sanitation vs sanitisation: A public health dilemma
We will agree that the passing of Melissa, a Category 5 Hurricane, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, has again brought us to a place akin to where we were during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It is a…
05 Dec, 2025
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The regional labor market: Growth without formalisation, recession with precarisation
The countries of the region are characterised by being small and open economies, which means that their growth is heavily conditioned by the level of global economic activity – particularly that of…
05 Dec, 2025
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Anthony Savari Raj | Cosmic confidence: A hope in the invisible
As we all know and painfully witnessed, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with devastating and catastrophic consequences. Anticipating the adversity in store for his…
04 Dec, 2025
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Editorial | Plan container homes
Having earmarked more than J$2.6 billion for the purchase of container homes for victims of Hurricane Melissa, it is important that the government outline a clear and transparent strategy for where…