The dry season brings welcome sunshine, calmer seas and clearer travel schedules across the Caribbean. It also brings two invisible threats that quietly invade homes and offices alike: bush fire smoke and Saharan dust. Together, they make indoor air quality one of the most overlooked public health issues of our …

Stand in Rome in 400 AD and everything feels permanent. The Colosseum roars with the cheers of spectators. Marble temples dominate the skyline. Aqueducts carry water across impossible distances. Rome appears eternal, engineered to outlast time itself. No citizen standing in that city could reasonably imagine that within a lifetime …

For many people across the Caribbean, a salary is seen as the ultimate marker of stability. A fixed monthly pay cheque promises certainty, respectability and a sense of having made it. From Port-of-Spain to Kingston, Bridgetown to Castries, parents encourage their children to secure “a good salary job” because it …

Artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to infrastructure in less than a decade. It now mediates how people search, read, write, summarise, interpret and even feel. For adults, this shift often presents itself as convenience. For children and young users, it represents something far more consequential: a restructuring of how …

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Why early recognition matters Teachers are often the first professionals to see the warning signs that a child is not reading as they should. Long before exam results or formal assessments highlight a problem, the classroom reveals patterns of avoidance, confusion and quiet struggle. Recognising these signs early is not …

The modern lifestyle and the comfort paradox The modern lifestyle is built around comfort, convenience and speed. From climate controlled homes to cushioned footwear, from food delivered to our doors to work completed without leaving a chair, daily life has been redesigned to remove friction. This shift has been framed …

A crisis hidden in plain sight Anyone who spends time in bookshops, universities, newsrooms, or even reading professional emails will have noticed a quiet but profound change. Writing no longer carries the clarity, confidence, or individuality it once did. Sentences blur together. Vocabulary shrinks. Rhythm disappears. Even when grammar appears …

For many Caribbean citizens, the dream of earning a steady income while living in a tropical paradise has long felt out of reach. Traditional office jobs were often tied to proximity and commute, particularly in economies heavily dependent on tourism, offshore banking, and agriculture. Today, a seismic shift in how …

Silver’s quiet transformation from precious metal to strategic resource For most of modern financial history, silver sat in an awkward middle ground. It was never as prestigious as gold, yet it carried more monetary history than industrial metals like copper or aluminium. That perception is now outdated. Artificial intelligence, electrification, …

A visible decline with hidden roots The claim that modern students cannot read sounds provocative, but it captures a real problem that educators, employers and editors encounter every day. Reading ability is not merely a private difficulty for struggling pupils. It is a public question that shapes how societies learn, …

The global conversation around CBDC adoption strategy is accelerating, not because central banks suddenly discovered new technology, but because the financial mathematics underpinning modern states has reached a breaking point. Nowhere is this more visible than in the United States, where federal debt is racing beyond figures that once seemed …

Why parents matter more than ever Parents are now the most important line of defence against declining reading ability. Schools shape exposure, but families shape habits. When reading instruction weakens in classrooms, it is at home that skills can be rebuilt, protected and strengthened. The idea that reading is solely …

Learning English can sometimes feel like trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces. Many students and adults find that traditional methods like flashcards or long lists of rules simply do not stick. This can lead to a lot of frustration for parents and teachers who want to help their …

2025: The year confidence was put on hold For many business owners, 2025 felt less like a normal economic cycle and more like a stress test. War in Europe dominated headlines. Rumours of instability in Latin America unsettled supply chains and investment decisions. Tariffs appeared, disappeared, reappeared, and then vanished …