Commentary

Detective Hercule Poirot was by far the most popular Agatha Christie creation. While his fans regard him as the best detective of his time, Christie described him as a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep.” I felt that way...

On July 8, 2020, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) delivered its judgement on the long-running saga concerning the election of the president and members of the National Assembly of Guyana – the general and regional elections – held as long ago...

I write against the backdrop of unsettled racial tensions that have spread across countries as people who are angered by the oppression of Blacks reverberate the call for justice, love, peace, and an absolute eradication of discrimination. An...

J.C. HUTCHINSON must by now appreciate why, well beyond the first whiff, the Holland Producers land deal doesn’t pass the smell test. Indeed, the olfactory receptors of Mr Hutchinson’s Cabinet colleagues, too, should feel under assault from...

Phase I of the selection process, nomination of candidates, for the new director general (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ended on July 8. I addressed the selection process in my article of May 27. You may still be wondering why the...

Sixteen million family farmers live and work in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. Along with their families, they represent the backbone of the agriculture industry, ensuring the food and nutritional security of the region. Despite...

Since May 2018, when the European Union General Data Protection Act (GDPR) was enacted, there have been over 200 fines levied, totalling more than €467,000,000. This includes fines in 16 separate cases where individuals, small businesses, and even...

The recent brutal and cold-blooded killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer in America has triggered a global revolution. The brazenness and cruelty of the act has enraged many. To fully comprehend the scope of what black...

Under the current Pharmacy Act, if an asthmatic patient travels to Trelawny but does not have the usual rescue inhaler that is urgently needed to abort an oncoming asthma attack; and if his/her physician is in St Andrew, the physician is prevented...

Roger Clarke, whose blood pressure I imagine was vertiginous, got himself into hot water some years back for saying Jamaicans need to be eating oxtail, not chicken back. The clear understanding was that (and it’s the truth) oxtail is a luxury item...

I feel so sorry for Delroy Chuck. He has been forced to apologise for who he really is. As a teenager growing up in Jamaica in the 1960s, Chuck would have been socialised to believe that boys are entitled to proposition girls. Or, as we say in...

The little rumpus over the extension of Paula Llewellyn’s tenure as director of public prosecutions (DPP) reminds of a thus-far unattended matter of public policy, to which it is related. That is, calls for reform to the system for judicial...