Nuclear escalation and the Caribbean’s vulnerability
With the continuing conflict in Ukraine, many countries in the EU and the Caribbean have moved to ban Russian residency. Most countries have fully suspended…
History is not on the side of the government nor the broadcasting commission
This past week I came across a stomach-churningly graphic video of two gunmen executing a Chinese businessman at his wholesale/retail establishment in Green Island, Hanover….
Squatting and the need for an equitable housing policy
A week ago, the Prime Minister of Jamaica told the nation’s Parliament of an illegal settlement, sponsored by a criminal gang, that had developed in…
Chris Blackwell- Forever tied to Reggae’s global success
The most far-reaching element of Jamaica’s culture has been its music and it is through its music that Jamaica has succeeded ahead of most countries…
The ingenuity of the Caribbean drug trade
Drug trafficking is an illicit global trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws in Trinidad…
Jamaicans need cultural education: Stonebwoy’s faux paus on the ownership of Reggae
In a recent interview with The Cable Lifestyle newspaper, Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy declared that reggae doesn’t belong to any Caribbean society from its core…
The Politics of the Global Climate Crisis
It has been a long summer with many climate disasters globally, ranging from unrelenting heat waves in China, Western Europe, and parts of the USA…
Welcome to a very active “Hurricane Season”
This is the time when we in the Caribbean get extremely anxious and often fearful of the outcome of the hurricane season which usually starts…
Minister Chang: It seems that Jamaica is a lost cause
As a child I became aware of the adage, “an eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind”. It took my growing-up years…
Crime, violence, and reportage of the Notting Hill Carnival and the police
The annual Notting Hill Carnival is a Caribbean street festival that has taken place in London on the streets of the Notting Hill area of Kensington…