Commentary

The following is openly presented for consideration by the Honourable Attorney General, including, in his capacity as a member of the Constitutional Reform Committee. Three issues, among others, are still trending: There is the continuing strong...

In his interview with this newspaper last week, Linton Berry didn’t go into the minutiae of the conditions in which he lived for more than three decades at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston. He said sufficient,...

In 1967, American civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King said in a speech, “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a...

“The development of the Code of Conduct is an important exercise in the agency and maturity of the Jamaican parliament. It cannot be good for this institution that the society must tell us the standards to which we must adhere. We are not a...

This newspaper agrees with Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the Seven Principles of Public Life “are as enduring now” as when Lord Nolan first declared them in 1995, and when P.J. Patterson asked his ministers to abide by them seven years later...

The Jamaican system of governance is described as a democracy. To be exact, it is a representative democracy, meaning the people (us) elect (give power) to officials, to represent our interest on issues. This type of governance has been around...

The People’s National Party’s (PNP) constituency delegates in St Elizabeth North East likely did their party a favour on Sunday. They elected Zuleika Jess to be the PNP’s candidate for the next general election, constitutionally due in 2025. More...

During June 5-15, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), headquartered in Barbados, accomplished its Caribbean-West Africa Trade Mission. The executive director of the Caribbean Export, Deodat Maharaj, is committed to...

Our country was again plunged into mourning recently when an eight-year-old girl, Danielle Rowe, died in hospital after being abducted and her throat slashed. I can only recall one child who was murdered when I was a youngster. Her name was Dianne...

It is not clear who, appropriately, should lead the discussion, Daryl Vaz, the science and technology minister, or Dana Morrison Dixon, the new Cabinet member whom Prime Minister Andrew Holness named as his czar for digital transformation. Either...

Many of us have been following the tawdry story of a former and would-be president of the United States being arraigned on federal criminal charges. My observation is that this man is even less worthy of public trust than Boris Johnson, who the...

CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLING Mi cyaah believe seh Lisa Hanna well an glad fi tek di hell of a pay raise weh di MP dem gi demself. Mi did tink seh she woulda stand up fi principle. But no! Lisa Hanna same lacka di rest a di MP dem weh a gwaan like seh...