Commentary

The board of the National Crime Prevention Fund writes to clarify issues raised in Glenn Tucker’s letter to the editor published on Monday, September 23, 2019. First, it must be noted that Crime Stop Jamaica (CSJ) is a privately owned and funded...

Democracy, or the route to the form of government it delivers, is often a very messy and sometimes brutal business, of which the recent election for the presidency of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is proof. Backers of the challenger...

“You’ve got big dreams. You want fame. Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat.” - Lydia Grant No episode of Fame could miss me as a child. In the 1980s, it was must-see TV. An entire series built around the...

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with sex, per se. However, nowadays, everything seems to be all about sex, sex, and more sex. The only reason that we exist is sex, so it isn’t a bad thing. This is how we procreate naturally. Sex used to be in the...

Niggles of disappointment notwithstanding, we take pride in Jamaica’s broadly successful completion of its US$1.6-billion standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), aware that it doesn’t represent the end of the country’s...

What do Caribbean Airlines and Miss Lou have in common? Believe it or not, the airline is bigging up our language loud and clear. Last week, at Norman Manley International Airport, I saw the airline’s huge ad along an extensive walkway. It’s a...

If education is the key to upward mobility, sadly, some in Jamaica’s school system are in need of a remedial lessons as they are stuck at the back of the class. Some school administrators and teachers have abandoned their senses in openly...

Gassan Azan’s J$11-billion agricultural investment plan for the Bernard Lodge lands should, on the face of it, be welcomed and embraced. We hope for other projects of the type. However, the Holness administration should not believe, or attempt to...

Briana Williams is one to watch. The amazingly talented sprinter holds the world age-15 best (11.13s) for the 100m and is our national junior record holder at 10.94s. Williams recently tested positive for a prohibited substance,...

It’s good for Trelawny that the head of its municipal corporation, Collen Gager, and the parish’s custos, Paul Muschett, have agreed to put aside their cudgels, which they sealed with a public handshake in Falmouth last week. Perhaps they can now...

Baptist ministers James Phillippo and William Knibb mobilised the Moravians, Presbyterians, and others to establish free villages by acquiring lands to permit sale to the freed Africans. Some villages came about solely through the entrepreneurial...

In a rare example of ‘man bites dog’ news, more than 100 employees of Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Company last Monday protested in front of the offices of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) in Kingston against “misinformation” being spread about the...