So, this is the one red letter day that we don’t have to feel pressured to do anything. Gifts at Christmas, Valentine’s Day, bun and other things at Easter, and of course her birthday. For men with female spouses, even their own birthdays often...
This article aims to debunk four common myths surrounding ‘baseload’ power and the perception of unstable grid power supply in CARICOM countries. By examining the success of top-quality, high-demand power consumers, such as server farms, and the...
It will take consistent and committed work for the regional reparations campaign to achieve success. For the idea of repairing the inhumanity of slavery by compensating enslaved people dates back many centuries. And it is still a controversial,...
“They shoot the white girl first.” This is the first sentence in ‘Paradise’ by American writer Toni Morrison. Noted for writing about the black experience in the US, she won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. While this is not the shot that will...
The relationship between the United States of America (US) and the 14-member independent member states of CARICOM, as well as the Dominican Republic, has entered a new phase of cooperation after seven years of neglect, between 2015 and 2022....
The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) recent call for the United States to end its sanctions against Venezuela so that its members can freely enter energy deals with Caracas was clearly founded in pragmatism. The mostly energy-deficit countries of...
I grew up in the 1950s and ‘60s, an era when the disciplines of the natural sciences were gaining ascendancy. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons had brought World War II to a close; plastics like nylon had just been...
Sometimes I feel like a spectator in a theatre, watching a never-ending movie called ‘Jamaica’. Scripted by a creative company of politicians, the movie definitely has me on the edge of my seat, but I, like all the other spectators, can only watch...
Now that Prime Minister Andrew Holness has moved to establish terms of references for ministers and other members of parliament, he must also ensure the release of the impeachment bill from its long stay in legislative purgatory. Beyond what is...
IN ADDITION to sea, sun, sand and sinsemilla, Jamaica is quickly developing a reputation for another ‘S’ word: Scams. And I’m not talking simply those of the advanced fee variety. In a recent development last week that should send shockwaves...
I FIRST presented the Develop Jamaica Initiative (DJI) in 2004 at a presentation to the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston. The DJI, as in so many other instances, was never even given an audience by the JLP and PNP administrations, the latter...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ call on Tuesday for government legislators to halt their assault on the Integrity Commission (IC) is a welcomed intervention, which we hope will be adhered to. But the prime minister perhaps should also make clear...
“Talking ‘bout my freedom People freedom, freedom, and liberty! Yeah, we’ve been treading on the winepress Much too long, Rebel, rebel! […] Rebel, rebel Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire Suckin’ the children day by day, yeah...
The editorial of the Bahamas Tribune newspaper declared ‘US VP visit more than just show’, indicating that Kamala Harris’ visit to The Bahamas had substance and was about discussing issues of importance to both Caribbean leaders and the USA. Note...
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” That quote has been one of my favourites for years. It had been attributed to Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States....
A little bit of rain has fallen (seemingly none in the dam) since last week so the Old Ball and Chain moved on to another of her pet peeves. Old BC: I wish Old Grey Balls would get over himself. He’s so obsessed with constitutional change that he...
It is surprising that Paula Llewellyn, director of public prosecutions (DPP), would see emerging unfairness in appeal judges throwing the convictions of people whose appeal suffers overlong delays because transcripts of their cases are not...
It should be evident to all but the true believers that the constitutional reform process is flopping. The Bill which was to have been laid in parliament by the end of May has not been drafted. The carefully contrived timetable designed for climax...
The media reported that around 11 p.m. on Tuesday May 24, 2023, there was a double murder along Campbell Avenue in Port Antonio, Portland. Twenty-eight-year-old Shadae Pink was shot in the head, and 23-year-old Keino James was shot in the back....
Caribbean countries will be grateful for the US$102 million that the United States has pledged to help address Haiti’s humanitarian crisis and to fight crime and climate change in the region. But, as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders implied...
It wasn’t only Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, that was illuminated by the Calabash International Literary Festival two weekends ago. All of Jamaica was lit up. That’s a clever pun by Kwame Dawes, co-founder and programmer for the festival....
Public investment, which has the potential to transform quality of life, is investment by the Government of Jamaica in assets. Public investments generate positive externalities where benefits spill over, creating other benefits in a positive chain...
A silent ‘K’ sometimes occurs in the English language. However, if you remove it from some key words, you get ‘not’ and ‘now’. It was symbolic what my former senior media colleague Kay Osborne did last week, as she tried to unravel the ‘knot’...
It is unfortunate that even senior members of the government, including the justice minister, Delroy Chuck, continue the unwarranted campaign of undermining the Integrity Commission (IC). Their latest lightning rod is the IC’s reversing of its...
The Jamaican public, who advocate better governance for our country, now have a most challenging task – how to help the accountability ‘horse’ to catch and get in front of the ‘cart’, namely the unconscionable, inequitable salary increases of the...
