Commentary
December 9, 2025
Pía Riggirozzi | Toward COP30: climate change and forced migration in Latin America
Climate change not only destroys territories and ecosystems; it deepens historical inequalities and forces millions of people to move. In Latin America and the Caribbean, where structural poverty,…
December 9, 2025
Evlin Walsh | The costs of cutting down trees
Trees are absolutely vital to all life on Earth. To be blunt, humans cannot survive without them: they are nature’s air purifiers, constantly cleaning our atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Melissa and the fiscal rules
The government is obviously a far way from concluding its assessment of the damage left behind by Hurricane Melissa, among the most intense storms to have developed in the Atlantic since these…
December 9, 2025
Ruthlyn James | Storms will come, learning must continue
When nature tests a country, its schools reveal the depth of its social fabric. Jamaica’s classrooms, time and again, have proven to be more than spaces for lessons; they are sanctuaries of hope,…
December 9, 2025
Byron Blake | Hurricane Melissa: lessons for policymakers
Hurricane Melissa passed Jamaica by arguably the shortest and least expensive route. Yet, the destruction and deaths must be seen to be believed. It boggles the mind to think of Melissa tracking down…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | Hard road ahead
At least 75 per cent of Jamaican households lost electricity and property. Most Jamaicans have relatives or close friends living in the affected areas. Therefore, unless you are a fortunate…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | Some disasters are preventable
I am penning this piece on Saturday, October 25. Currently, Hurricane Melissa is creeping its way towards us with malevolent intent. Almost all the weather experts have predicted that Melissa will…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Road to recovery – focus on mental health
Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit Jamaica in its recorded history, which decimated parishes in the western side of the island, has left more than a heap of mangled structures in its…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | A consensus path to recover
As the magnitude of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Melissa begins to become clearer, it is obvious that Jamaica has a massive recovery project on its hands. In the west of the island, where…