Commentary

PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has a pithy little phrase that sums up the dilemma. “… We don’t want to survive the pandemic,” he said, “and die in the recession.” The possibility for the latter, metaphorically, is palpable. Since the advent of the...

Some days the number of people being tested positive for COVID-19 are encouraging, between zero and three; other days, disheartening, between seven and nine. With churches and bars opening, likely avoiding the spirits in the dark, and tourism being...

The current coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly exacted an unmeasurable toll on the medical health and the economies of nations globally. However, what I would like to focus on is the social impact that it has had on citizens the world over. At a...

What measures would you like to see to ensure the safe reopening of the tourism sector? Our social media followers yesterday weighed in on the matter. Keep the borders closed and let’s get that staycation campaign going again. – @Sherieta 1....

I HAVE spent the last few months listening to the current president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Owen Speid, commenting on the issues involving teachers, and since March 12, those issues surrounding education during this COVID-19...

THIS NEWSPAPER is unambiguous that Jamaica must have an effective regime to prevent its financial system being used for money laundering and for transferring funds to terrorists. For, weak anti-money-laundering arrangements are not merely somebody...

THERE IS a recent WhatsApp meme depicting a caricature of Jesus Christ rising up into the clouds within a beam of bright light. It reads, ‘Ascension Day … The day Jesus went back to working from home!’ It got me thinking about the various...

FREEDOM OF the press is, in essence, an offspring of the fundamental right to freedom of expression which is enshrined in the constitutions of practicing democracies across the globe. The late Honourable Oliver Clarke’s life work cannot for a...

IN JAMAICA, we have begun the slow march to a new normal dictated by the requirements of a COVID-19-managed world – one wherein the actions of everyone counts and for which our population must be prepared. We are not alone. Now months into the...

I AM trying to grasp what has happened to Jamaica though this crisis presents some real challenges. The economy is in tatters, not least because the dilapidated healthcare system necessitated a severe wind-down. While we have to hold the Government...

Both sides of the House of Representatives and Senate are from labour parties. Never mind what it might look like from time to time, the two parties are built on the back of the labour movement, and each has a union with voting rights. In fact, the...

The Hon Mike Henry, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and member of parliament for Central Clarendon, wrote an article entitled ‘PJ’s focus on scoring own goal instead of the real goal’, which was published in The...