Commentary

Queen Elizabeth II has died, and I express condolences to her family and other loved ones, as I would to families, friends and admirers of anyone else who has passed. However, when I saw Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ announcement of 12 days of...

If Prime Minister Andrew Holness accedes – as he should – to suggestions that he appoint a couple of independent senators, his administration will lose little in its ability to pass legislation. The big gain, if he chooses well, would be to enhance...

Being a primary care physician is extremely challenging. The constant burden of responsibility weighs heavily and increases as the years roll by. We are not perfect, and this world is not perfect. No matter what we do, no matter how perspicacious,...

From vaping of tobacco and ganja to edibles, alcohol-infused gummies and the party drug ‘molly’, Jamaican children and youths are using harmful substances and, in the process, increasing their vulnerability to developing mental health challenges,...

The death of the Queen has created another outlet for varying opinions concerning the significance of the British monarchy in the modern world. Across the world in the former colonies, people are in a celebratory mood as they jeer the media’s...

Human suffering can evoke sympathy way beyond expectations. We have seen this played out in the past days when it took merely 24 hours to raise US$40,000 to send 12 year-old burn victim Adriana Laing, overseas for the critical medical care that she...

I almost got a cardiac arrest. First, it was knowing that, on the street where I lived in my youth, armed bandits demanded money from what used to be “Chin shop”. More than 660 years ago, we played cards under the street lamp a few yards from the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the true magnitude of the digital divide. The digital divide describes the bayou between people with and those without Internet access. Data from a recent World Bank report revealed that almost three billion people...

In the 60th anniversary of independence from our colonial masters, let us look at whether due respect is given to those who played a part along the way to this event. Alexander Bedward is someone that comes up again and again in that context. This...

There is no inherent tension between preserving Jamaica’s best arable lands for agriculture and the country having sufficient lands for homes and other real estate developments. Yet, that is the binary choice the Government implicitly wants...

This week, I am revisiting my articles on Jamaica from August 10 on ‘Jamaica’s achievements … a mirage?’ and August 17, which posed the questions ‘60 years on: what real progress has Jamaica made? How far are we from 1962?’. Since then, I have...

The practice of commissioning work, or paying someone to produce work, is common. Be it the production of books, websites, logos, flyers, business cards, graphic images, or other artistic creations, almost everyone has probably commissioned work at...