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December 17, 2025

Peter Polack | Caribbean vows: In sickness and health

The truth is often like a wife who abandons her husband in hospital, a friend who does not return your calls for help, bankers who refuse you after the 243rd mortgage payment and governments who…
In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 16, 2025

Editorial | Hold Parliament’s bosses accountable

They mightn’t have cost the big sums that occasionally trigger an angry national venting. However, the latest management foozles at Parliament, including rookie bungling of procurement contracts,…
December 16, 2025

Ruthlyn James | Redefining student engagement assistants in education system

In classrooms today, one figure sits quietly at the margins: not teacher, not therapist, yet essential to a child’s learning journey. Commonly known as ‘shadows’, these individuals were originally…
A school girl uses her phone as she walks with a group of kids in Sydney.
December 16, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Communication crisis

So, on December 10, Wonderland finally came to Alice as Australia banned social media for users younger than 16. The compound idiocy of the ban was underscored in a statement by Meta regional policy…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris Dixon.
December 15, 2025

Editorial | Early childhood crisis

Even before Hurricane Melissa caused major destruction in the west of the island, early childhood education, like the rest of Jamaica’s education system, was in deep crisis. The storm has made the…
In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 15, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Why civility matters

Asked what he felt was the major fault line of American culture at this time, retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy named the absence of civility – defined as the practised respect – first…
Damaged roofs of Lewisville Police Station and post office, blown away by Hurricane Melissa.
December 15, 2025

Jamel Banton | Concrete deck or zinc – what’s the best option?

When the prime minister recently cautioned Jamaicans not to rush into building concrete roofs after Hurricane Melissa, did he offer wise advice? His point was simple: do not trade one hazard for…
Amina Taylor, journalist and broadcaster. She is the former editor of Pride Magazine and works as a producer, presenter and correspondent with Press TV in London.
December 15, 2025

Amina Taylor | 2025 was a political roller coaster year

If you ever wanted to experience ALL the political seasons in one year, then 2025 was the perfect opportunity to get on that political roller coaster of chaos and mayhem. It’s been terrifying enough…
Minister of Finance, Fayval Williams, speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on February 19, 2025.
December 14, 2025

Editorial | Clarity on the recovery package

With impressive speed, the Jamaican Government and its international financial partners announced a US$6.7 billion package to finance the island’s reconstruction from the destruction from Hurricane…