Commentary

How does literacy impact us as a nation and our value to the world at large? Let’s break it down from the first national assessment a child will face that will impact his/her life as a Jamaican citizen - the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Even...

There is an upside for the Constitution and democracy. People quarantined because they have, or may be infected with, COVID-19 will be allowed to vote in tomorrow’s general election. The question now is whether some of them will have enough time to...

As tomorrow is election day, I have reviewed the party manifestos, listened to the debates, and reflected on the planning for a COVID-19 economic recovery. This led me further to reflect on Jamaica’s depressing track record in trade over the last...

Undoubtedly, our world as we know it has changed, and continues to change, since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. As the crisis unfolds, an increasing number of us have become desensitised to having a gun-shaped thermometer directed at our...

When Dr Alverston Bailey posits arguments on public health, we take him seriously. Policymakers, too, as well as the public, should. Not only is Dr Bailey a respected physician, who has served as president of the Medical Association of Jamaica, he...

I always thought that Jamaicans would unite and look out for one another in a crunch, but I was very wrong. This is, without a doubt, the greatest crunch we are facing thus far. Crime and murders continue to claim lives and have a negative impact...

Democracy is, in theory, a grand enterprise where ordinary citizens deliberate on the niceties of policy and choose to grant power so that those policies are advanced. In reality it is turning out to be something different: a buying and selling...

Few acts give expression to the ideals of democracy as the ability of the individual to vote for a government in an election that is free and fair. Yet, this newspaper is not clear that thousands of Jamaicans, who presumably have that right –...

In 2011, Jamaica was stunned although the signs were there. It was expected that the tall, super fit incumbent would indeed defend his title. It was a day like today, when many of my friends put money down and said that there is a big difference...

Driving into Port-of-Spain, my friend Jimmy, overwhelmed by the stench, smoke, and garbage truck that was coming directly into his path, took an abrupt left, skidded, became airborne, and ended in the landfill with his front bumper buried in waste...

By the time my next column comes out, the 2020 general election will be over and done with. It is unlikely that the result will be any different than that unanimously indicated by all the opinion polls, whatever new promises are made by either...

After more than a dozen years of reports and debate on restructuring the governance arrangements of West Indies cricket, proponents of the idea may have their best shot of securing reform with the latest report on the matter by a task force led by...