Observers might be wondering what’s on the George Santos menu today for the mendacity of the American Congressman is being served on a platter almost daily, with each fabrication bolder than the one before. Understandably, the representative for...
Ever since the release of a 2019 report from Polygenics Consulting, a DNA-testing facility in Jamaica, there has been a grossly widespread misconception that 70 per cent of Jamaican men who father children are not biological fathers to those...
Our present government is wedded to the economic philosophy of Classic Liberalism. They are true believers in the religion of the “Free Market”, which means that they believe that the prices of goods and services must be determined by supply and...
The Government’s intention to bring greater transparency to the operations of securities companies is one positive outcome from the ongoing scandal at the traders, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). However, with the SSL matter still inflicting...
Recent developments in the world of banking and finance have sent shock waves across Jamaica, raising in some quarters, fears that the island’s financial sector and institutions are not as safe as we thought. But before you start rushing to tuck...
For the constitutional history of a nation, 74 years is not a long time. But for a country as vast and diverse as India, weathering the initial countless challenges and adversities, which included high levels of poverty and illiteracy inherited...
“Ah seh, mi caan believe it! Ah seh, mi caan believe it! But how yu fi believe it, “If yu blind yu eye to it!” Jamaican Dub Poet, Mickey Smith Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt has been ostensibly robbed of US$12.7 million of his blood, sweat...
It may be because Cricket West Indies (CWI) has so far published only the executive summary, or that the committee hewed close to its terms of reference, the specifics of which were not widely reported. Unfortunately, the three-member group that...
The media is full of the multibillion-dollar fraud of clients at Jamaica’s Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). There have also been reports of fraud at two local banks. This actually is not new except for the scale, maybe. If not experiencing it...
It is not possible, as this newspaper had suggested, that a referendum on Jamaica’s transition from a monarchy to a republic is twinned with local municipal elections in February. In fact, it is not even clear that there will be a vote for...
Now and then, I hear someone say, “I only see things in black and white,” usually with a smug expression on their face, indicating satisfaction with the declaration of their mindset. They wear that way of thinking like a badge of honour. However,...
The Old Ball and Chain has been chafing at the bit to critique her favourite Prime Minister (I thought she liked him) so bumped me out of my chair. Again! Old BC: Two simple things confuse Old Grey Balls. I’m not surprised. He’s easily confused...
The government is acting with good sense by not only insisting that private security companies fulfil their legal obligations to their workers, but in agreeing to renegotiate security contracts so that the firms can meet the requirements of the...
“Mi no trust no woman, no man, no bank, no politician,” was the conclusion of the security guard in the parking lot at Liguanea last Friday, as we both listened to the BBC World Service’s coverage of the financial scandal involving Usain Bolt’s...
Several weeks ago, Chester Castle in Hanover became a very busy place when residents thought that they had discovered gold during the digging of a sewage pit on a residential plot of land. However, the Mines and Geology Division in the Ministry of...
It isn’t clear whether Everton McFarlane jumped or was pushed from his job as executive director of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and if his sudden departure was directly related to last Wednesday’s disastrous press conference about the...
In my last article on Plan Secure Jamaica, published Sunday, January 8, three strategic principles which the Government is currently pursuing in its fight against the country’s crime monster were clearly articulated. These principles are: 1)...
CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLING Old-time people seh, ‘Every day devil help tief; one day, God wi help watchman.’ A dat wi tell wiself fi mek wi feel lickle better when wi see how di tief dem a go chroo. Dem a tief, tief, tief, left, right an centre. An...
A prayer breakfast in the wake of a massive fraud, involving a loss of US$12.7 million from the investment account of sprint legend Usain Bolt by a ‘trustworthy’ senior female employee of investment company Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). With...
“No matter what Bolt has achieved, being one of the greatest athletes in history, a sports legend ... one of the most famous Jamaicans ever ... a national asset, those achievements are still not enough to shield him from what it means to live in...
‘Patricia’, a defrauded Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) customer, one of many based on reports in local media, spoke to Nationwide News Network regarding the alleged fraud on her investment account. Her funds have been depleted from millions...
Many column inches have been dedicated to the treatment of children in state care, and this newspaper will keep asking the hard questions and hope for answers. We believe we owe an obligation to former wards like Monique Baines to keep an eternal...
We are stuck doing the same things — having the same arguments, repeatedly, and making the same proposals — to address the quandary ladening the nation, hoping things will get better. Sadly, despite our very ‘best’ efforts, and some glimmer of hope...
Our school principal, a ‘brother’ of the Catholic ‘Presentation’ Order, gave more orders than he ever took, and, in the way he behaved towards us, the word “pal” in his job had to be short for “impalpable”, meaning “difficult to perceive or grasp...
According to the 2015 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Country Profile of Jamaica, more than 161,000 males and close to 74,000 females who are over the age of 15 lack basic reading and writing skills, making...
