Commentary

The fourth meeting of foreign ministers of CARICOM and India was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on Saturday, April 22. My article of May 18, 2022 titled ‘Strengthening CARICOM/India Relations’ gives the history of these meetings and the establishment...

The only thing Haemorrhoid loved more than complaining about “piles and piles” of files on his desk was telling shaggy dog tales. Some of his 1970s efforts would be politically incorrect today. One such, told after Dessie threatened the Dunce for...

The initiatives lately announced by Karl Samuda to address the tensions between industrial security guards and their employers is a move in the right direction. However, Mr Samuda, the labour minister, must go further and do more. For while he...

A rabbit hole refers to a confusing or nonsensical situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. What a way we chase after things without considering the outcomes. We are in great haste to send King Charles packing. Hungry and...

Last week’s call by Caribbean leaders for the United States to “urgently adopt and take action to stop the illegal exportation of firearms and ammunition” into this region is likely to land in Washington like a gnat on an elephant’s back. Even if...

CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLING Mi nah lost mi pass go call di honourable Karl Samuda ‘Massa.’ A ‘Missa’ mi seh. Mi do know seh di honourable Nigel Clarke go inna Parliament an run up im mout bout ‘massa’ nah nutten fi do wid bakra inna dem ya time....

One of the highlights of my career as a conciliator at the labour ministry between the ‘80s and ‘90s was when I met and chaired meetings with the legendary Hugh Lawson Shearer (HLS). The year 1984 was the first time I saw him in person, and I must...

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly with releases such as ChatGPT, BingAI and CaktusAI, give the impression that educators can be replaced. In fact, one Internet survey showed that 64 per cent of respondents believe...

One of the reasons the popularity of the Andrew Holness administration is plummeting is their high-handed approach to governance and their resistance to genuine consultation with the Jamaican people. This is playing out right before our eyes in...

The Church is and has always been very influential in the formulation of laws and policies, purportedly for the good of society. Through its usual advocacy and campaigning, it has managed to put up striking defences for the buggery law, laws...

THE PNP and JLP are agreed. Our specialised educational institutions must continue to pursue the win-at-all-costs approach to sports. After all, it has produced the recently ended world-acclaimed Champs and exciting schoolboy football competitions...

Labour Minister Karl Samuda got it wrong. So, too, did Robert Morgan, the information minister, who usually has good instincts of what is politically advantageous for the Government and his party. If Mr Samuda has not yet changed course, he should...