Commentary
December 2025
Tony Deyal | Naughty, nice and Santa
Three weeks before Christmas and already my family and friends are getting ready for what I will give them and, as important, what I will write for each of the weeks before Thursday, December 25. This…
December 2025
Peter Espeut | Sovereign immunity in a republic?
One of the objectionable things about a monarchy is that not everyone is equal under the law; the principle of “Sovereign Immunity” makes the reigning monarch as head of state exempt from criminal and…
December 2025
Kristen Gyles | Big black tanks don’t spring water
Jamaica seems to depend on storms and hurricanes for water. Unless we experience rainfall heavy enough to cause major flooding and damage to property, we are subjected year by year to stringent water…
December 2025
Ronald Sanders | The UN is fading — we should worry
The United Nations is being starved quietly. This month in New York, the Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the General Assembly’s budget committee that the UN is entering a “race to…
December 2025
Sherry Perrier | Rebuilding after Hurricane Melissa: A call for strategy, action, accountability and unity
Jamaica is facing one of the most challenging periods in its modern history, with Hurricane Melissa causing damage equivalent to more than 40 per cent of GDP. The effectiveness of recovery will depend…
December 2025
Editorial | Damoclean Marlene
The positive twist is that Marlene Malahoo Forte is no longer a minister and, therefore, not a member of the Cabinet. So, she can’t, from the inside, as readily have a say in shaping government…
December 2025
Basil Jarrett | Of tumult, tents and tarpaulins
YOU LEARN a lot working alongside the world’s greatest humanitarian actors during the greatest humanitarian crisis to hit modern Jamaica. One of these lessons is the importance of the careful and…
December 2025
SSP Diaries | Courting ‘Gaza’ in the Caribbean
AS CONFLICTS rage across the world, the Caribbean continues to be counted as one of the ‘hotspots’ globally. In the Central area, the Haitian situation remains unresolved for many years and, in the…
December 2025
Editorial | Adopt Crawford’s template
Education minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon should formally embrace, and expand, the initiative of the opposition parliamentarian, Damion Crawford, of pairing students in parishes badly hit by Hurricane…