The founding fathers of the Independence Constitution could never have envisaged a situation arising in politically independent Jamaica – no one could – in which its nationals have to obtain a visa to enter the United Kingdom, the country on whose...
CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLING It look like seh Everald Warmington nuh know nutten bout Mark puppa, John Golding. Im a nuh bakra massa. Im a bakra, yes. Dat nuh mean seh im a massa. Bakra a one dem word inna fi wi Jamaican language weh come straight...
If there is ever a politician whose name will go down in infamy as the most boorish member of parliament ever, my nominee would be the 5,000-vote margin winner when de rest a dem a win by 100 votes, Everald Warmington. Here’s why. 2011 – When...
It requires no great leap of imagination to arrive at Hilary Robertson-Hickling’s position that Jamaica’s schools are ticking time bombs of social and mental health crises, or Damion Crawford’s view that we aren’t being aggressive or creative...
Jamaicans can be forgiven for harking back to days of yore when research was booming as a result of deliberate investment in knowledge aimed at identifying new products and improving existing ones. Back then, Thomas P. Lecky introduced new breeds...
Showing all the frankness that he demonstrates in his domestic politics, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne marched fearlessly like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, when he made several demands in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt where COP27 is...
Polonius: “What do you read my lord?” Hamlet: “Words, words, words.” Mummy kissing Santa Claus under the mistletoe does not lead to serious questions about whether Daddy is the conditional or just a subordinate Claus. Unfortunately, there are...
I can hear the ambivalence and the internal conflict in the minds of several radio personalities: When do we start playing Christmas music? There is pressure from those who serve Mammon to start the shopping frenzy in October – or even in July!...
Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr is right that Jamaican scientists, and the island’s Scientific Research Council (SRC), which he chairs, have done much good work over many decades. What, though, is questionable, in the absence of better evidence – although we...
How many professional clowns do we have working as taxi drivers? I have to ask, in light of all the gimmicks put on display earlier this week, supposedly as part of a nationwide strike done in protest of the Government’s refusal to grant a traffic...
The taxi operators who struck on Monday accomplished little, except maybe to further alienate most Jamaicans. They could hardly have expected the Government to just fold and accept their demand for another traffic ticket amnesty. Yet, could they...
Much has been said because much needs to be said. I am no expert at the game even though I did dabble in it in my youthful days. I developed a passion for cricket as a result of listening, with my father and brothers, to just about every Test match...
Her rise was as spectacular as her fall. But if there is one thing that the end of the Liz Truss’ premiership has proven it is that the idea that the United Kingdom (UK) represents a mature, politically stable country has been resoundingly...
Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:10 AM
That the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been rolling the wicket for its political rehabilitation of George Wright is clear. But the party’s effort, especially the latest attempt by the health minister, Christopher Tufton, to morally blackmail...
Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:06 AM
The FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange crash has created shock waves in the entire cryptocurrency market, with crypto-crazy poker chips flying all over the place as players try to cash in and realise that the ‘house can’t pay’. At the beginning of 2022,...
Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:06 AM
At the end of my article last week, I indicated that with the challenges related to energy and climate change, the situation could get worse depending on what happened in our neighbour to the north. Of course, I was referring to the USA and the...
Climate change is a global problem that requires cooperation between all nations. That is why today, more than 30 newspapers and media organisations in more than 20 countries have taken a common view about what needs to be done. Time is running...
Just when you thought Jamaican politics couldn’t get any lower, here comes Warmonger Warmington to prove degenerate behaviour has no limit. Yes, I know. It’s Tuesday. I should be using a cute joke, arcane analogy or domino riddle to spoof reality...
While speaking at a political conference last Sunday evening, the Jamaica Labour Party’s Everald Warmington delivered an incendiary, racially charged tirade against the People’s National Party’s leader, Mark Golding, solely based on his ethnicity....
Nobody should be shocked at MP Clifford E. Warmington’s full-throated disqualification of Mark Golding to ever be prime minister on the basis of his ethnic origin. He, a full minister, has now declared himself a bigot, in addition to his often-...
I came across examples of both ends of the crime continuum recently. The first was about a terrible father who was inculcating his seven-year-old son into dealing with disagreements by employing extreme violence, and the complicit, perhaps fearful...
That this newspaper placed Celine Lobban’s story on its front page on Saturday suggests that she is still a rarity. Ms Lobban, 25, graduated last week from the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) with a bachelor’s in computer studies. She is...
As we observe World Diabetes Day on November 14, we continue to expand the focus on access to diabetes care. Over half a billion people are living with diabetes globally, and it is for this very reason we must unite in action and call on our...
A convicted drug dealer’s bid to prevent the Government from confiscating an estimated J$1 billion worth of his assets has put the spotlight back on whether Jamaica is aggressive enough in pursuing the spoils of corruption, and if the island’s...
It appears as if the former Lady Saw is having a hard time adjusting to her relatively new role as a Minister of the Gospel. Marion Hall has been engaged in clashes with female rivals that are fit for the stage of the recently relaunched ‘Sting’...
