Commentary

On any given day in Jamaica, one may be treated to stunning displays of stunt driving on public roadways, confessions by criminals for avoidance of punishment, high-level ­deception, double standards and bly-giving by police, careless ­...

Delroy Chuck’s scolding of delinquent fathers is timely, coming as it does on the eve of the start of the 2019 academic year when fathers ought to be making a meaningful contribution to their children’s education. Chuck, the justice minister, made...

Every year, close to the reopening of schools, we are inundated with countless news reports about the vast number of educators who leave the island to take up more lucrative teaching opportunities elsewhere. Consequently, the news cycle and reports...

There has been a lot of infrastructure roadworks across the Corporate Area and other parts of the island that have been commendable. In most cases, the obvious and appreciated benefit is in relation to the resurfacing of the roadways. Often unknown...

At a seminar in Kingston 10 days ago, Daryl Vaz, the de facto head of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, told government planners that a draft spatial plan for Jamaica will be ready by December. A spatial plan, broadly, is a...

The following is a public service contribution owing to the seeming inability of the relevant authorities to produce an appropriate plan to stem criminality in Jamaica. It may not be perfect, but it represents a start, ever bearing in mind that...

The assumption of the office by the new governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Richard Byles, is coming at an interesting juncture in Jamaica’s economic history. In less than three months’ time, the standby agreement with the International Monetary...

Maurice Tomlinson’s bid to have homosexuality, specifically same-sex unions, normalised has fuelled greater controversy around the delicate matter. Peter Espeut, a long-time Gleaner columnist and staunch defender of the ­heterosexual consensus,...

Not too many people would question the engineering competence of John Allgrove, or claim that he operates with hidden ­agendas. So, when Mr Allgrove weighs in on the debate on Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ plan for a new city on the Bernard Lodge...

Thank goodness for Ethon Lowe, bringing the fresh gusts of his lucid thinking, humanity and generosity to blow away the putrid miasma of the homophobic lynch mob, of which – sadly – Peter Espeut is one of the representatives. I met Peter almost 50...

Mr Speid of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) got very annoyed last week when Cliff Hughes congratulated him on assuming leadership of the most powerful ‘garrison’ in the nation. The description came in the context of a discussion on the need...

Plastic pollution remains a global problem. Trillions of pieces of plastic litter our oceans, estimated to contribute to 60 to 90 per cent of all marine debris. Every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic...