Rebuilding after Hurricane Melissa
As I watch the trail of destruction left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, it’s my opinion that this current Administration is out of its depth with how to mount an adequate …
‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica
I and I build the cabin,I and I plant the corn,Didn’t my people before meSlave for this country,Now you look me with a scorn,Then you eat up all my corn. Those …
Major trauma from Melissa
By Alex Scott Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and it has etched its way into our history. Tales of surviving hurricanes Gilbert and Charlie, both of which were major life-altering …
Oh America: Home of the free, in certain decline
From time to time, people have asked me why I’m so concerned about what is happening in America. I often respond by asking, “Have you been in the supermarket in Jamaica …
Personalities in the development of Education in Jamaica
The Christian’s baton for the race of life is the Cross and we remember with gratitude those who regarded education as a priority for nation building. Although our Motto is “Out …
Curse God and die? Hmm
“On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him. And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have …
Jamaica’s broken politics
The Westminster system of government that we adopted at independence in 1962 is predicated on the notion that men and women offer themselves for service to their country as a way …
Modernity should not forget the lessons of the dark ages
Historians tell us of the rising trajectory of increasing knowledge and of civilization that was Rome, before the barbaric peoples who the empire had under the heel of its iron boot, …
Community Building
“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.” A statement from Bahá’u’lláh the prophet founder of theBahá’i faith should be the prerequisite principle to guide any discussion about building …
Post-election Thoughts
Post -election thoughts And just like that, it is all over. The election campaign, which was a year in its length, has concluded with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) taking a …
In praise of the Jamaican Political Debate of August 28, 2025
On Thursday, August 28, 2025, like many Jamaicans here in the diaspora, along with the numerous Jamaicans who were camped out around their television sets, their radios, their computer desktops, their …