Commentary

We devote this time around National Heroes Day to celebrate our national heritage, especially those Jamaican citizens or residents who have added value to this land and its people. Our heritage – that which defines us as a people, as a national...

This Wednesday’s Gleaner carried depressing news. Nineteen alleged members of the Westmoreland-based Dexter Street Gang were freed after a murder case against them collapsed. The witness, they say, is missing. It is alleged that this gang is linked...

On Sunday, Arnold Bertram, historian and former politician, in an interview with veteran journalist Earl Moxam, posited that the Maroons demonstrated that the British colonial power and army could be defeated. The contribution of Maroons to...

The Holness administration has moved full speed ahead with its Bernard Lodge development plan, announcing last week that the Government is allocating an additional 1,300 acres for agricultural purposes. This move suggests that the Government is not...

‘A so di ting set’ is a phrase most Jamaicans lean on as we bemoan the massive conundrum of unabated crime and violence. How is it that our country not only has the highest homicide rate in the region, but is ranked the fourth highest in the world...

The General Council (GC) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the highest body outside of the Ministerial Conference, met October 15-16. This was the first opportunity to consider the US Presidential Memorandum on reforming developing country...

Very often, victims of gender-based abuse say that they choose not to walk away because of the children. The fact is that staying in an abusive relationship because of the children will cause the children to be scarred for life, as growing up in...

Forty plus years ago, on my first day as a legal intern, Gene Autry took me aside. He assumed the air of a senior solicitor: “Two things I must teach you about the law before you start.” “OK,” I eagerly replied. “What?” “First,” said Autry, “I must...

It is prudent to remind Prime Minister Andrew Holness of a truism not infrequently repeated by this newspaper, mostly for the benefit of governments. What is worse than formulating bad policy is implementing that policy. Usually, attempting to...

The government tried to reduce our runaway crime and murder rate by introducing unusual anti-crime measures: the zones of special operations (ZOSOs) and (localised) states of public emergency (SOEs). An integral part of ZOSO was social intervention...

I read in recent times reports in The Gleaner and the wider press about the proposed Lakes Pen Agri Ventures, on 400 acres of the Bernard Lodge lands in St Catherine being developed by noted businessman Mr Gassan Azan. This development has...

Big tings a gwaan fi Miss Lou fi her 100-year birthday. Gordon Town Square a go name after her. An fi 100 day, different-different event a keep all bout. Church service, concert, lecture! Petition a go launch pon November 1...