Commentary

In the first of a dozen columns for 2021 in The Gleaner, I wrote on January 3 that there were two lessons to be learnt from 2020: “The more we stand up to the abuse of power, whether by white collar or blue collar law breakers ultimately by making...

The clock starts again today as we step, rather warily, into year 2022. As we glance in the rearview mirror, we are reminded of the many challenges which we faced globally in 2021. It is enough to make a nation wallow in self-pity, but we urge...

Earlier this week, I started preparing myself mentally for today, the first day of the year 2022. My starting point was that life, although sexually transmitted, should never be taken too seriously, because nobody gets out of it alive. Apart from...

One of the saddest occurrences of 2021 was the brutal and unjust murder of Levi Chambers. The victim of an unfortunate case of mistaken identity, he was stabbed to death by an angry mob in St Thomas. In the mob’s impassioned zeal to find Davion...

It is past time for the administration to outline a policy or its thinking on urban renewal in Jamaica, as well as respond to Glen Christian’s complaint that he and private-sector colleagues have been frustrated by government inaction into...

Disclose and face a lawsuit! This is the risk associated with disclosing confidential information under a properly drafted Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). An NDA is a legally binding contract where two or more parties agree to not disclose any...

With the earlier passing of the likes of Mandela, Hani, Tambo, Slovo and Sisulu, Desmond Tutu’s death this week continues, as President Cyril Ramaphosa observed, South Africa’s “farewell to a generation of outstanding … leaders who have bequeathed...

Like Euro 2020; Olympics; and T20 World Cup, the Domino Awards took a 2020 pandemic break. Spoiler alert: Some recipients of these (mostly) humourous awards might be offended and want to send me irate e-mails. Don’t. Be like the Dunce – a happy-go...

Police data on crime in the area is not readily available. But it is our sense that Grants Pen in St Andrew is not in the news for violent crime as used to be the case, especially during the 1990s and early in this century. Certainly, it has been...

‘Chicken merry, hawk deh near’ is a Jamaican proverb on caution. It is a warning that, when celebrating and experiencing happy times, always exercise caution because disaster could strike at any time. Due to measures taken by the Government,...

Complete this exercise. Write down everyone alive who you love on a piece of paper. All the family and friends who bring you contentment and inner peace by just being in their company or hearing their laughter. Then close your eyes and imagine for...

So, Christmas came and went, and in a few days 2021 will be gone. To 2022 we look and God knows, we need a basis to live in hope and it is not because we are zoo animals. In my last radio show for the year on Wednesday, a woman recounted a horror...