Many of us in the Caribbean diaspora are increasingly aware of the hype around the ‘metaverse’. Large companies like Facebook and Hyundai are staking enormous amounts of resources on this virtual future. But what exactly is the metaverse?  

One of the most important reasons to vote Donald Trump out of the White House was to stop him from packing our federal courts with even more anti-voting-rights, anti-equality, pro-corporate judges.  

KINGSTON, Jamaica -In considering their status, the World Bank using their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, classifies five CARICOM countries as high income, eight as upper middle income, and one as a least developed country (LDC).

The endless procession of persons falling ill to this pandemic is mind numbing, and almost everyone knows someone personally, or has a relative who has succumbed to this plague of biblical proportions. “It’s as if this damn virus has come to wipe out mankind,” is what I hear people saying.

“One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.” Romans 14:5

KINGSTON, Jamaica – On September 10, 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated Jamaica with its Category 4 winds and rain causing more than US$350 million in damages and taking the lives of 14 people.

ST.  JOHN’S, Antigua – No individuals are greater or more valuable than Institutions.

UNITED NATIONS – When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley stood up in front of the United Nations General Assembly earlier this year, she was not in a mood to pull punches. In front of world leaders, she decried the “faceless few” who were pushing the world towards a climate catastrophe and imperiling the future of small-island states, like her own.

So Christmas is approaching and the season is in full swing, albeit differently with the pandemic. What has really changed also, is the real meaning of Christmas, at least for some, if not most people. There is so much emphasis placed on the commercial side, that many merchants try to lengthen the season by starting it oh so early. It starts earlier every year. Back in the day we’d have to wait until at least late November to early December before there were any hints of Christmas. Now by August some stores are putting out teasers for sales. I even heard a commercial advertising Christmas in July sale. No wonder Christmas seems to come around so quickly, it’s because some people won’t allow it to go away and take a rest.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – We have entered a new year, 2022, and coronavirus (COVID-19) with variants, Delta and Omicron, are still with us. COVID is influencing the regional and global agendas.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean, as we know it, results from the expansion of international trade. Christopher Columbus was seeking a new western route to trade with India and China when he encountered these islands opening the door to further exploration and occupation of the Americas.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Globally, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly led to close to a quarter of a billion cases and over five million deaths. It was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the death rate was reported to be among the highest in the world.