Commentary

Having looked at the agencies involved in administering the 2015 amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) and how persons can access and use ganja legally in my last column, we can now delve into how to access business opportunities in the...

Some truths bear repeating. Not everything that is political corruption is a criminal offence because the politicians who make our laws choose not to criminalise all political corruption. They may choose to make stealing a few ackees a criminal...

This year began with COVID-19 pandemic thrusting a ‘new normal’; the focus also has moved to Black Lives Matter (BLM) following the sad death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA. The latest action is persons of all colours and creed overthrowing...

MICHAEL BELNAVIS should have long since resigned his post as chairman of the St Ann Municipal Corporation (SAMC), if not his seat for the council’s Ocho Rios division, pending the outcomes of administrative, and probably criminal, investigations...

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” – Desmond Tutu I...

The ‘more women in leadership’ conversation has never really grabbed me, since I have never been a big fan of deliberately and unnaturally trying to change the demographics in leadership spaces. I have always felt that the most committed and...

The boldness of Senator Dr Saphire Longmore was once again seen in Parliament as she confronted the issue of placing limitations on a woman’s right to report sexual harassment she experienced to a year. As I applaud the senator for taking on the...

There is the old cliché about the United States (US) sneezing and everyone else catching its cold. These days, and in a literal sense, Jamaica’s biggest worry from America is the spread of the COVID-19 virus. And this newspaper is concerned that...

Sexual harassment is no laughing matter. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and verbal and physical harassment of a sexual nature in the workplace or places of learning traumatise countless persons every year. Jamaica currently...

I recently visited my favourite hardware store; so, you can imagine how happy and relieved I was when I saw two signs clearly posted at the entrance. ‘With efforts to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission… NO ONE WILL BE PERMITTED INSIDE THE...

Understandably, you might have missed the story because it was published last week in another newspaper, but The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Branch of the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) has rejected outright the...

I haven’t had much luck getting an answer to the question I asked last week: “A Lie Dem a Tell Pon Lady Musgrave?” I’ve not been able to track down Nyenpan Tarpeh-Doe, who wrote the 1988 Gleaner story, “Lady Musgrave Road –born out of hatred and...