Commentary

In 2024, a series of general elections in Latin American countries, including the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela, are pivotal events that will shape the internal dynamics of these countries. Because these elections will determine...

Let us be very clear: the results of last Monday’s local government elections are resultant attempts by both parties to either buy votes for themselves, or to block votes for the other side by paying electors to stay home. Our politicians have...

Both men should have had the decency to make the decision themselves. They did not. But at long last, Everald Warmington was forced to resign from the Cabinet. Happily, Dennis Meadows was de-selected as the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP)...

FOR THE third week running, I find myself continually fascinated with the subject of Jamaica’s falling Total Fertility Rate (TFR). And it would seem that I’m not the only one as just a few days ago, news out of the United Kingdom revealed that the...

Though Jamaica’s local government elections on Monday were hotly contested, there was an extremely low voter turnout. This voter apathy shows clear lack of enthusiasm in the Jamaican people in the direction the country is heading. The overall...

As we await the outcome of the 46th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference, which started in Georgetown, Guyana, on Sunday, February 25, and of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which commenced on Monday...

If you are expecting “mix-up” in this article, I am sorry. You will be disappointed. However, if you are interested in human behaviour, this may interest you. This article concerns Cindy Breakspeare’s public birthday tribute to Bob Marley. It is...

That was the pithy conclusion of the lady trying to negotiate the new immigration procedures for persons entering Jamaica. My own experience forces me to sympathise. There used to be the form given you on the airplane which when completed and...

The Gleaner published, on January 24, the results of the performance of students from Jamaica on examinations related to Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). One of the areas highlighted was the relatively poor performance of our...

Tomorrow, Jamaicans get to do what only two other modern democracies have been able to do before us. Do not take this for granted; there are still millions of citizens and residents across the world who are unable to vote in the countries in which...

It came at the 11th hour and doesn’t address most urgent questions about service delivery that will face new councils immediately after tomorrow’s municipal elections. But as the adage goes, it’s better late than never. In this case, the...

Traffic management and control is the next big problem that Jamaica must fix. New opportunities are being provided for the movement of goods and people through the expanding road network which offers economic and social benefits by connecting...