comments feedJamaica has usually been conjoined in the media with beaches, reggae and rum but there is a darker side, not reparation for slavery, but the iniquity dub plate. Sons of this tropical paradise, dying in foreign places unknown to most of Jamaica, were driven by employment, education or immigration opportunities to join a foreign military. […]
Jamaican soldiers dying abroad: Raising the limit of military enlistment
January 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
A sea of tears
January 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Polack A French knight of the Crusades, Geoffrey de Bouillon, was immortalised by the 16th century Italian poet Torquato Tasso in his epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata or Jerusalem Liberated, thus: for every drop of blood, a sea of tears. The Ukraine is awash in martyrs from babies, women, mayors and their family members, cyclists […]
Lavrov and the obsolescence of society
January 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Polack When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he and Russia, discarded centuries of science, culture and diplomatic engagement not to mention common sense. The comity among countries carefully nurtured in the post-World War 2 period has been rendered meaningless in one fell swoop. No amount of intervention was able to relent the bloodletting and […]
Russia: The most dangerous words
January 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Polack An early sign of the Ukraine conflict unfolding into generational warfare can be discerned from the recent video of a boy soldier, armed with a machine gun, performing roadside security checks in the Donbas. The innocence lost by youth exposed to widespread atrocities committed by the Russian army is not a new […]
Tackling climate change together
August 27, 2022 by Leave a Comment
From Reuters Next Team Climate change is perhaps the most critical issue of our time. Food security crises, sea level rises and deforestation are putting millions of lives at risk and destroying precious ecosystems. How do we prioritise action on a problem that will be felt for centuries to come? Reuters NEXT [Nov 30 – Dec […]
Global challenges require global solutions
August 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Reuters Next Team Reuters NEXT- Meet our Global Diverse Speaker Line Up The world is facing an unprecedented set of complex challenges. From environmental degradation to failing economic systems, action must be taken now to build a future that is safe and prosperous for all. Reuters NEXT [Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2022, New York] is […]
Putin: Beware the Ides of March, warns Peter Polack
March 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
March has historically been a bad time for despots, the world over. In the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March shortly before he was stabbed to death by a group of conspirators in the Roman Senate, led by Brutus, writes Peter Polack. Brutus along with many of the […]
Gauteng’s Omicron wave is already peaking. Why?
December 21, 2021 by Leave a Comment
By David Wallace-Wells From Intelligencer In Gauteng, South Africa’s Omicron epicenter, the wave seems to be cresting. In other parts of the country, too, the terrifyingly fast rise of the new variant appears already to be slowing and even receding. This is very encouraging, since it suggests that Omicron waves elsewhere in the world may also be, if […]
Reuters ICYMI – Travelers journey to Britain, from migrants in the channel to tourists in South Africa.
December 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
From Reuters Shortly after news broke that twenty seven people drowned off the coast of northern France when their dinghy capsized during their attempt to reach Britain, a Reuters team witnessed another group cast off near Wimereux attempting the same treacherous journey despite freezing temperatures. Fortunately, this group of about 40 people, including six children, landed safely […]
New COVID Regulations respond to latest variant of concern and facilitate rapid testing flexibility
November 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Cabinet has tonight issued regulations that restrict travel to the Cayman Islands from some nine countries in southern Africa and one in Europe. The measures follow the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognising the variant first reported to have emerged in South Africa two days ago, as a variant of concern, which it has named Omicron. Other countries […]
