Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM
Whether it is that the People’s National Party (PNP) first feigns before it decides on policy or André Haughton was marking out his independence, Peter Phillips has a problem. For, if it is the former, it’s a matter of whether the public can trust...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM
It is often said that if you wish to hide anything from Jamaicans, “put it in a book”. I have found the noise about the Annie Palmer costume in the recently held Miss Universe Pageant filled with disinformation by reputed historians and poor...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM
‘Earth a Run Red’ by Richie Spice, released in 2000, is certainly relevant to 2019. For the past few years, the state of violent crimes in our country is at a record high. The need, therefore, to protect our people is not just obvious but urgent...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM
When this article is published, the new European Union (EU) Commission will be in office as of December 1; the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States will have concluded on December 10;...
I feel helpless when I watch the news. Chaos seems to be the new norm, as each day another situation spirals out of control. Yet, in the midst of this, there are people intent on making the world a better place – from firefighters risking their...
But for an acknowledgement of his death two days earlier, Alfred Reid, at least in name, hardly figured at last week’s instillation, at St Margaret’s Anglican Church in St Andrew, of Antiguan Oral Thomas as the new president of the United...
International Human Rights Day is an opportunity for us to reflect on our human journey in this island home we call Jamaica. As a country seeking to create a better future for its citizens, Jamaica’s journey towards its 2030 vision is one which...
Across the heavens on the outskirts of a Galaxy far, far away, citizens of fantasyland Apocrypha were in turmoil. Violent crime had reached runaway proportions. Nothing government tried, including some extremely repressive policies, seemed to work...
They don’t know And I say they don’t know They see me smile But they don’t know what I feel inside They Don’t Know - Chronixx Recently, I came across a blog post written by one of my favourite writers, Jon Pavlovitz, an American pastor....
Finance Minister Nigel Clarke perhaps needs to explain more about the near J$1-billion contract awarded to consulting firm EY, (formerly known as Ernst and Young), to sort out the Government’s byzantine pay structure and help bring greater...
When I saw the viral video of the valedictorian at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and heard his dramatic, profanity-propelled closing motivation, I honestly thought that it was a theatrical performance produced by...
The radio programme I hosted dealt with people who had difficulties with the immigration process of getting to the United States. A father, now a US citizen filing for his son, was on the long-distance phone, while the mother and the young man were...
The Bible story about the clash between the giant Goliath and the youth David came to mind when I heard the latest development in the conflict between Guardsman Hospitality Ltd. and environmental activists in Discovery Bay. Lee Arbouin, president...
The Bible story about the clash between the giant Goliath and the youth David came to mind when I heard the latest development in the conflict between Guardsman Hospitality Ltd..
President Donald ‘The Great’ Trump’s shambolic rule has brought chaos, not just to Americans, but to the entire world. Just surviving Trumpian craziness is...
Whatever was the verdict, justice has been served. Defence attorney Bert Samuels is one of the brightest persons who I know. When he defended Shorty more than 36 years ago, when everyone and his dogs thought that he was guilty, the whole country...
Jamaica has been undergoing profound change in economic policy and the accompanying institutional framework. However, Jamaica’s politics, as practised, has not always incentivised public discourse that edifies. Instead, the incentive has been to...
There are two significant takeaways from Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ visit last week to the Rasta City area of the west Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens. One is that he was appalled by the squalor in which people lived. “Your conditions here...
Patterned off the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), traditionally, the programme structure and content of Jamaican radio were mainly British. So, too, were the voices of the presenters. Retired and currently adjunct University of the West...
‘World Bank says poor need money’, ‘Federal agents raid gun shop, find weapons’;,‘Woman missing since she got lost’; ‘Homicide victims rarely talk to police’, ‘Cows lose their jobs as milk prices drop’, ‘Breathing oxygen linked to staying alive’,...
It’s disappointing that it is only an acting appointment the Integrity Commission has made to the critical post of director of corruption prosecutions. The good thing, though, is that unlike what appeared to have been the case with her predecessor...
Etiquette! The word etiquette sounds antiquated; something for people from another era. Hasn’t it become apparent that the same sentiments exist regarding the attitudes and actions of our everyday living? Majority of us believe that being...
Small businesses are often touted as drivers of economic growth and innovation. Therefore, to stimulate innovation, policymakers pursue a raft of initiatives. Because of their perceived importance, both political parties agree that providing...
Believers are not benighted fools, bedeviled by superstition and deluded by ancient fables and myths as anti-Christians would have us believe. Religious faith is often grounded in personal experience, tested over time. Last week, I set out to show...
