Commentary

IN RECENT conversations around access to menstrual products and healthcare, a provocative claim has surfaced: “Oh, period poverty doesn’t exist. People can buy things. Poor people boasty. Call it something else because period poverty sounds bad.”...

Exxon’s 2026 plunge into Jamaica’s Walton Morant Basin isn’t just about oil — it is imperialism snapping at Caribbean sovereignty. Early estimates suggest that a potential yield of 406 million barrels lies beneath those waters, comparable to Angola...

AT THE time of writing, we are still waiting for Hurricane Melissa, now category 5, which could be the most powerful hurricane ever experienced in Jamaica since records have been kept. As many of us may know, waiting and uncertainty can be mentally...

As midwife to Haiti’s transitional arrangement, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should signal its position on whether the country can hold credible elections in four months time and what may be necessary to advance the process. For at the...

In Antibes, a city in the South of France, a pair of orcas helplessly circle their abandoned, algae infested enclosure. The two Orcas, Wikie and Keijo, are stuck in political limbo as officials debate their relocation site. Time is running low,...

The Constitution which was applied to Jamaica on our attainment of independence in 1962 still bears the symbols of colonisation and the scars of imperialism. It designates the Head of the British Royal Family as our Head of State. As Jamaicans,...

Their intervention is unlikely to alter Donald Trump’s increasingly militaristic posture in the area. However, last week’s insistence by 10 former CARICOM leaders that the Caribbean be respected as a zone of peace is a critical assertion of the...

People in Jamaica have been preparing and bracing for Hurricane Melissa’s impact since last Monday. Trust stare us in the face; underdevelopment remains our national vulnerability. Kingston Metropolitan Area drainage network has not kept pace with...

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 individual sacrifice, bravery, and love of Jamaica...

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 didn’t fare too well in July, 2024 when Hurricane...

“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 loved calypso so much that I listened on the radio...

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 the resources that are needed to help citizens...