Commentary
October 2025
Kristen Gyles | The Christian response to suicide
People are still mourning the loss of Tyra Spaulding, a 26-year-old former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant who is suspected to have committed suicide in her home. Tyra’s case is a very chilling one,…
October 2025
Christopher Burgess | Kingston’s Friday flood: Building resilience
On September 19, Kingston’s urban corridors and transport hubs uptown were flooded in just ninety minutes of intense rain, and resulted in probably over a billion dollars in damages. Flooding in…
October 2025
Wang Jinfeng | New starting point, new vision
I am honoured to come to this beautiful “land of wood and water” and serve as the 17th Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica. Reputed as the “Pearl of the Caribbean”, Jamaica is…
October 2025
Patricia Green | The day I drove through raging rivers
Last week my gardener used a piece of wire and began pulling out a variety of empty banana, potato, cheesy wrappers, etc., from the underside of my vehicle. I was caught in the flooding of September…
October 2025
Editorial | A new committee
Mark Golding’s decision to personally assume responsibility for constitutional reform in the opposition’s shadow cabinet suggests that it is an issue behind which he intends to put the full authority…
October 2025
Basil Jarrett | AI in court? Jamaica’s legal system has entered the chat
Last week, something quite revolutionary happened in Jamaica’s legal system. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes issued Practice Direction No. 1 of 2025, a bold, forward-looking directive on the use of…
October 2025
Massia Bailey | Supporting unique needs of neurodivergent learners at home
RESPONSIVE PARENTING is at the heart of supporting neurodivergent learners. As neurodivergent prevalence rates continue to rise in Jamaica, these documented differences in brain functioning determine…
October 2025
SSP Diaries | Setting the stage for global destruction
IN TODAY’S world, many of us are losing sight of the fact that modern conflicts, whether occurring in our region or not, have negative impacts upon our own well-being and make it even more difficult…
September 2025
Editorial | Regulations for BWCs
While there has been much debate over how efficiently the police deploy the body-worn cameras (BWC) they presently own – and when a full rollout of the equipment will happen – very little has been…