Two Sundays ago, an otherwise informative article on National Hero George William Gordon was conspicuous by the absence of the name of the mother of Gordon. It was stated that “born to Joseph Gordon, a Scottish planter, and an enslaved woman,...
The government is deserving of commendation in recently being able to break ground for the new 220-room seven-storey hospital for children in Montego Bay. The facility, which is slated for completion in 2021, has been on the drawing board from...
When justice is gone, ritual will follow. Ritual is the product of scant integrity, the beginning of chaos. Dao De Jing (Chapter 38) Last week was an extremely painful one for at least two members of the pedestrian public who, while walking...
Three months ago, not for the first time, we urged the Holness administration to come clean with the Jamaican people on its cybersecurity arrangements with Israel. The matter has grown in importance and urgency in the face of last week’s...
An allegation for a serious crime has the potential to cause irreversible damage to one’s reputation, particularly in this digital age, where news has no geographical boundary. It is incumbent on investigators to treat each complaint with utmost...
Yet again we are inundated with sermons for Garveyism to be taught in schools. Though a laudable proposal, the availability of expertise is uncertain. Garvey’s thoughts are complex and may seem contradictory to individuals not versed in history and...
The US request for the Most Favoured Nation waiver for the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) was approved at the General Council Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held October 15-16. The CBI comprises the Caribbean Basin Economic...
We are heartened that Dr Peter Phillips had publicly affixed his imprimatur to the obligation of law enforcement to prosecute politicians who accept graft, engage in extortion, or are otherwise criminally corrupt. But the Opposition leader probably...
Mexico and Latin America are undeniably linked by historical and cultural ties. However, our foreign policy has not always kept up with the reality. The current government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador seeks a relationship with Latin...
“Based on the huge disadvantages of the condition and claiming system touted by the writer, I would ask how has the system survived for 27 years, and survived to such an extent that a Supreme Ventures, a body of hard-nosed investors, purchased the...
This is a good time for readers to meet ‘Digger’, another character from my misspent youth. During our bridge years, Autry and I met Digger (short for ‘Nose-Digger’), nicknamed because he habitually used his right index finger as an agricultural...
Recently, a journalist from the Jamaica Star called me to solicit an opinion on some comments made by a pastor about a particular sex position. The pastor, Andrew Scott of the Greater Works International...
It has not been a good last two weeks for wealthy American businessmen who contributed to the Trump inauguration celebration (now under investigation by the New York State attorney general). Hotelier Gordon Sondland contributed US $1 million and...
Excuse me, but how did we get to a big discussion about paternity leave when there is still neither sustained advocacy, national consensus, nor legislation that every child’s father should be identified, registered, and held accountable? Should...
In a recent speech at a public forum against corruption hosted by the National Integrity Action, past president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Mr Howard Mitchell lashed the Government for spending heavily on the Legacy projects (...
It‘s been nearly a month since Seymour Panton’s elevation to the chairmanship of the Integrity Commission and almost three since he was likely to have been reasonably certain of getting the job. He was, as required by law, one of two formers judges...
The fatherlessness epidemic that has plagued the black community had its genesis during the transatlantic slave trade, when many black fathers were deliberately separated from their children. The idea, then, was to break the West African people by...
Managing director of the Sunset Palms Resorts, Ian Kerr, is purported to have recently lamented the difficulty hoteliers face in attracting competent, committed and qualified hospitality workers. With the increasing number of training opportunities...
It might seem as if I’m hopping on to his back, but Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is making it very difficult to ignore him these days. And I genuinely feel bad to be taking him to task, especially since a misunderstood column I wrote some months...
We keep on having the same old tired argument about whether or not Jamaican is a real-real language. It’s not a question of logic. It’s pure emotion. No matter what the linguists say, some people will never be convinced by the careful scholarship...
Perhaps it is time to reprise the Bev Brown family planning ad of the 1980s, but this time not with the complaint that she has too many children, but suggest that she fulfils the promise she showed as ‘the maths brain’ at primary school. And having...
It’s perhaps hard to believe that there are communities in the country that are without the benefit of potable piped water. But that is indeed the sad fact of life in many rural villages in Jamaica in 2019. The cynics among us may suggest that...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people do not have special rights and they can never and will never make claims for that. It is important that we understand and appreciate that all of us are born free and equal with dignity and...
A recent venture I’ve embarked on as an entrepreneur is Sashi’s Treats, a company that manufactures all-natural pet treats using majority local ingredients. The company was started in our kitchen by my wife, Sasha Dennis, a veterinarian with over a...
On Tuesday morning, with the Canadian election results just in, it was clear that Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party were just in by a whisker or two, losing their majority but with sufficient votes to be a Minority Government and walk a...
