Commentary

Create a culture of innovation to ‘recover stronger’ from COVID-19 or maintain the status quo to remain a ‘suboptimal economic achiever’. This was the message to Caribbean countries and companies at an innovation webinar organised by Growth...

Every family member in my household, with the exception of my youngest child, who is nine years old and is ineligible, is fully vaccinated. My housekeeper, Andrea*, who lives in, is not. Sometimes when I tell people this, they respond with shock or...

Having abandoned his weekly three-day lock down regime while strong pockets of opposition to COVID-19 inoculations remain, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has to now offer a new and effective strategy to contain the virus, and break the back of...

“So how Andrew fire Floyd but him no tell George Wright to resign?”asked the young lady caller from the diaspora last Wednesday. “Don’t lick down woman worse than keep lockdown day party?” You answer her for me, nuh. Floyd lost his job probably...

Anger and frustration have been mounting as Jamaicans perceive differential treatment of the ‘privileged few’ who apparently live by different rules and have access to resources and opportunities not afforded to most Jamaicans. This group...

Donald Duck walked into a bar and demanded, “Bartender, give me 200 beers”. The bartender, not seeing any pants pockets or other receptacles in which Donald could safely store a wallet, questioned suspiciously, “How are you going to pay for that...

In an era when politicians sidestep responsibility, blame others for their indiscretions or spend millions to avoid having to speak the truth, Floyd Green seems to have used his knowledge from agriculture and grown some humongous coconuts. I can’t...

It’s tempting to start at the point of Floyd Green’s resignation and gloss over the rest. His departure was commendably swift and his apology unequivocal and apparently sincere. He apprehends why he must don sackcloth and be bathed in ashes....

Ahh, September. Perhaps the most bitter-sweet month of the year. As a youngster, September meant returning to the schoolyard to see friends I hadn’t seen in months, the smell of brand new, freshly starched school uniforms and the promise of greater...

Throwing the open vote for its leader to all its members – rather than a privilege exercised by select delegates – could well give new impetus to the floundering People’s National Party (PNP). It would certainly be a far more democratic way for...

If the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is just how ill-prepared the public bureaucracy is to manage a crisis. The public apprehends that, too. A recently concluded opinion survey for the RJRGLEANER...

Last week I listened to a utopian-sounding interview involving tourism gurus John Byles and Clifton Reader, during which I realised that a new State called ‘The Resilient Corridor’ had seceded from Jamaica. They seemed anxious to convince America’s...