Commentary

A recent social media post by The Gleaner titled “Yallahs residents want local contractors removed from roadwork project” sheds light on the disappointing state of affairs in Jamaica’s construction industry. With the residents saying local...

If there is no 11th hour volte-face, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders last week took what will be their most consequential decision in the half a century of the current iteration of the regional integration movement. They agreed at their...

I know we had to go metric. It’s the way of the world. The antiquated British imperial system of measurement has declined. Just like the British Empire! Inches, feet, yards and miles; cups, pints, quarts and gallons; ounces, pounds and tons have...

There are no more words to express the horrors which have become the daily reality of Haitians. An entire nation is being massacred while the world stands aside and looks. The calamity that is unfolding in Haiti did not flare up by spontaneous...

The people of small island states and coastal communities have long relied on the ocean for a multitude of benefits, including recreation, the delivery of goods and tourists, and as a vital source of food through fishing. However, all these...

This newspaper had hoped that Chief Justice Bryan Sykes got his sums wrong, and would drastically revise downwards the number of so-called lottery scamming cases that have been abandoned for want of evidence during the current session of the...

Last Thursday (June 29), the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) issued a press release containing the following: “When the reform of Jamaica’s Constitution is completed and the country is established as a Republic, the functions of its President...

I FELT compelled to share an alternative perspective on Education Minister Fayval Williams’ July 2 article titled ‘TVET is critical to meeting job market needs’. In 1990, one outcome from the deliberations among the member states of CARICOM as to...

Yesterday the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) formally marked its 50th anniversary as a regional economic integration movement. This newspaper prefers to view the community as heading towards its 58th anniversary in December, relying on the date...

Yesterday, July 4, was CARICOM Day. As customary, not many people in Jamaica might have noticed, though, this year, there was a statement from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, as chair of the CARICOM Council...

One Saturday night after dominoes, the Dunce introduced Gene Autry and me to a nightspot called Queen of Hearts. He assured us there would be plenty music. We were young and limited in worldly experience so gullibly went along with him. Upon entry...

Even if it were with the best of intentions, it is unfortunate that Paula Llewellyn inserted herself into the scrap between the Integrity Commission (IC) and members of the Holness administration, and appears to have taken sides. Ms Llewellyn,...