Commentary
September 2025
Ronald Sanders | Is the UN still beneficial to small countries?
On September 23, US President Donald Trump used his address to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to question the organisation’s purpose. He is not alone; leaders worldwide have asked…
September 2025
Garth Rattray | Body-worn cams ASAP please
Many years ago, I was driving along a main thoroughfare at about 10 p.m. I was driving my father’s VW minibus. A police vehicle approached from behind and pulled me over. I wound down the window,…
September 2025
Orville Taylor | Obeah unto them!
A person kneels before a statue made of concrete or marble. Another enters a booth and confesses her sins to a man of the cloth hidden behind a screen. He listens, declares that her sins are forgiven…
September 2025
Lance Neita | Give thanks and praises for our heroes returning from Tokyo
In the unlikely event that you missed it, Jamaica came third in the medal table total in the World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo. Consider this. More than 2,000 athletes from almost 200 teams…
September 2025
Editorial | PSOJ’s sports policy
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) proposal for public-private partnerships for building new facilities to help advance the island’s prowess in global athletics deserves full and…
September 2025
Peter Espeut | Christian fundamentalism and Zionism
The area called Canaan is an ancient territory encompassing all of today’s Palestine and Syria west of the Jordan River. Because of its strategic location between Europe, Asia, and Africa, over…
September 2025
Kristen Gyles | AI makes it as a minister
A few days ago, the world reached a historic milestone – its first-ever AI cabinet minister. The Prime Minister of Albania introduced to the Albanian parliament, a female avatar dressed in traditional…
September 2025
Editorial | Errald Miller’s gift
If you don’t, or no longer, have an ethical obligation to allow public scrutiny of your private affairs, then being open about the state of your health is a sensitive, and likely difficult, decision. …
September 2025
Basil Jarrett | Nagging nurturers: The role of women in our survival
LAST WEEK, I wrote about the perils of ignoring prostate health, and, in the days since, I’ve been stopped everywhere, from supermarket aisles to my favourite patty shop, by women, yes, women, who…