Commentary

CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLING Isat Buchanan must did lik im head. Last year, im mek mistake tek Vybz Kartel lyrics cuss Paula Llewellyn, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Inna “The Menace,” Kartel seh, “Mi too cocky fi ah cooperate wid corporate...

The recent local government elections spoke volumes, albeit with the major contribution coming from the ‘silent majority’. More than 70 per cent of registered voters decided not to exercise their right to choose their local government...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have sparked discussions across many industries, with the education sector experiencing the most significant impact, according to extensive research. This industry has been plagued by students using AI...

Many – even some schooled political watchers – were surprised at how much ground the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) lost to the People’s National Party (PNP) in last month’s local government elections. Either they give little credence to scientific...

After last year’s manoeuvrings by its political parties to win the votes of CARICOM nationals living there, the decision by Antigua and Barbuda’s government to opt out of fully free movement of labour in the community is surprising. Hopefully,...

IN JAMAICA, the outcry against corruption typically takes the form of complaints about government officials dipping into the public till. The familiar echoes of frustration and discontent at the vast sums of money being diverted from the public...

The devil, as they say, is always in the details. Which is why the assembly of the many critical moving parts to the stability regime for Haiti, which was announced by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders on Monday, will be closely monitored. But...

The 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 26 to March 2, 2024, actually marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the organisation. MC13 concluded with the...

The sameness of local media offerings has the potential to trigger a book reading revival. I belong to the age of rotary phones and horse drawn carriages so, when I use the word “media”, I really mean radio. Radio used to be entertaining starting...

Today, March 11, some 2.5 billion of us will come together to celebrate the Commonwealth family. Seventy-five years after the London Declaration, I will join this family’s many nations, faiths and communities at a service at Westminster Abbey. I...

It is good that the Jamaican Government is ready for a serious discussion about the future of the jury system, whether it should, or can be rehabilitated, or abandoned, as proposed by Chief Justice Bryan Sykes. This newspaper is in favour of a bit...

Does the 70 per cent of Jamaica’s electorate not voting on February 26 means “voter apathy”… that the 70 per cent don’t care? Among the many who believe that the 70 per cent don’t care, I am not one; nor is Prime Minister Holness among that number...