Commentary
December 9, 2025
Emma Woods | Learning from Costa Rica – Central America’s manufacturing maverick
Thirty years ago, Costa Rica was a resource-based economy reliant on raw exports. Today, however, it is a thriving manufacturing and innovation hub with over 90 MedTech multinationals operating within…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Hurricanes and small things
With Tropical Storm Melissa still moving ominously and slowly towards Jamaica, the question is, how badly will the island be affected by the wind and rain expected over the next few days. Jamaica…
December 9, 2025
Garth Minott | Split rocks the Anglican communion
Reports in the news recently indicate that trouble is once again brewing in the Anglican Communion. This news is precipitated by a statement from the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), which…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | What would our National Heroes think of us today?
Since 1969 when National Heroes’ Day was officially established, and commemorated on the third Monday in October, Jamaicans remember, honour, and celebrate national heroes. We do this to keep their…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | Melissa ... ‘the name still scares me shiftless’
True to her name, she is like the American sprinter. Overlooked for the past two global events, she hit 2025 with a storm. Forgive me the pun;,but after Melissa Jefferson went through the entire 2025…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Making of a Speaker
John Bercow, who served for a decade (2009-2019) as Speaker of the British parliament, became an iconic figure globally for his unique style for calling for “OOorrrrdeeerr” in the Commons and his…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Those ‘No Kings’ marches
Last Saturday will probably go down as the largest day of peaceful protest in the 250-year history of the United States of America (USA). Organisers said nearly seven million people – much more than…
December 9, 2025
Tony Deyal | Kaiso month, days and jokes like Bush
“I am going to bite dem young ladies pardner/ Like a hotdog or ah hamburger/ And if yuh know yuh thin doh be in a fright/ Is only big fat women ah going to bite. “ When I was three years old, I…
December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Don’t tempt Melissa
Why are so many residents of flood-prone communities so insistent that they will not leave their homes, even in the face of hurricanes and other life-threatening natural disasters? Despite providing…