Commentary

Last week’s report of efforts by a cross-discipline group of The University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturers to develop software to help children improve their reading and comprehension is the kind of news of which there is not enough. It also,...

Two months ago Antony Anderson, the constabulary’s chief, found little to complain about in Security Minister Horace Chang’s shoot-to-kill advice to police who find themselves in confrontation with alleged criminals. “I hear calls all over the...

The main treatment of large, bulging, painful boils (abscess) is not painkillers. In order to manage that potentially serious, sometimes deadly problem, they must be opened and the ‘root’ dealt with properly. In order to manage abscesses properly...

This newspaper welcomes the Holness administration’s willingness to seriously consider the proposal for a privately developed and operated prison, but with a proviso. The Government must simultaneously, or even ahead of any negotiations with the...

Last Sunday my column delved into the claims of the chairman of the Police Federation that basic supplies were lacking in the constabulary force, hampering his charges’ efforts at carrying out their duties. I called for an audit to assess the...

Matthew Samuda encapsulated the issue quite succinctly. Jamaica faces existential dangers from global warming and climate change. But the real risks are not from the uber events, like, say, “cataclysmic category-five hurricanes”, although those are...

I have been a football player, coach and sports nut all my life. So, when my wife got angry because I was not helping here prepare lunch and gave me an ultimatum that I either choose her or the football game, I thought a moment and then responded...

The debate stirred by Damion Crawford’s call for a hike, from 16 to 18, of the age at which Jamaicans can legally consent to sex is another reminder that the Holness administration has unfinished business with respect to the Sexual Offences Act, on...

Most Jamaicans will concur with Keith Duncan's lament over the island's anti-corruption agencies' inability, thus far, to land the 'big fish' of shady dealings, and the cynicism that this breeds among ordinary folk. What Mr...

Whistleblowers. Sources. Tipsters. Whatever you prefer to call them, this special group of persons are a conflicted lot. At once, celebrated and praised for speaking up against dishonest practices and bringing about valuable changes to society, but...

Judging by how he has teased the idea, Nigel Clarke’s proposed tax incentives for US$1 billion minimum investments will be more lucrative than anything now on the books for any sector of the Jamaican economy. If our interpretation of the finance...

During the 1970 World Cup Football Finals (won by a Brazilian team led by the one true G.O.A.T.), dominoes were played only on “rest days”. Only 16 nations qualified in 1970, so there were rest days even during the group stages. But adjustments had...