COVID-19 and Our Most Vulnerable – Part 1
May 15th, 2020
The ongoing pandemic, and our response to it, continues to raise many questions, and fewer answers than I would like. With the slight “loosening” of social restrictions and the pending opening of our borders, how are those who already face so many everyday challenges faring? And one wonders, how do they face up to the […]
Read More...COVID-19 and Talking to the Press in Jamaica
May 5th, 2020
Many of us might not have noticed it: Sunday, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day 2020. The theme was Journalism Without Fear or Favour. The day is usually observed with some kind of public forum organized by the Press Association of Jamaica. With the pandemic on, obviously that was not possible. The Prime Minister […]
Read More...COVID-19 and Water
April 30th, 2020
As I have noted in previous posts, COVID-19 has brought us face to face with the stark inequalities in our society. Of course, this is not only true of Jamaica. In the United States and the United Kingdom, it has quickly become clear that racial minorities are suffering disproportionately as a result of their lower […]
Read More...COVID-19 and the Air We Breathe (At Home)
April 25th, 2020
Everything is connected, so they say. There is nothing more connected than the health of our planet and our own human health. I hope we may be starting to realize this, at last, with COVID-19. I think we are seeing this more clearly, now that COVID-19 has been with us for several weeks. “Seeing clearly” […]
Read More...COVID-19 and the “Digital Divide”
April 4th, 2020
We are supposedly “on lockdown” at this time. Nevertheless, with businesses and schools closing, we are turning inwards, and many have obeyed the instruction to “Tan Ah Yuh Yaad” (stay home). Many have not, but that’s a different matter. There is so little for them at home. Now, this is where social divides are highlighted. […]
Read More...COVID-19 And Cleaning Up the Pollution
March 27th, 2020
Why can’t it be like this all the time? These thoughts have been going through my mind (and others have expressed it) as Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams posted photos of the thorough sanitizing of busy traffic areas and markets in the city. The Mayor did point out that some cleaning is done monthly – […]
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