Commentary

One knows that Jamaican police officers have been suffering from burnout, and more so since the new roadworks began two years ago. However, it is a different thing when one makes it worse by attempting to run circles or donuts around the hard-...

Another literary giant has fallen. One week after the death of Toni Morrison, the novelist Paule Marshall died on August 12 at the age of 90. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Barbadian parents, Marshall lovingly documented the stories of Caribbean...

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ), through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), extending domestic monitoring of Jamaica’s economic reform...

People, including young students, are ­generally proud to declare that they hate maths, wearing it like a badge of honour. Even though it is a practical subject, many ­people approach maths with trepidation. They find the ­subject boring and...

Peter Espeut, the Roman Catholic deacon, is outraged that the time-honoured word ‘marriage’ is defiled when used in the term ‘same-sex marriage’. In his Gleaner column ‘Pro-gay drivel’ (August 9, 2019), he states: “The word of marriage has only one...

There have been many calls for the Government to tell us what their anti-crime plan is so we can have confidence that our safety concerns are being addressed. The truth is that no Jamaican government has published a real plan over the last 20 years...

The young policeman with two degrees in specialist areas of police work sent me a text after Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Bishop Dr Gary Welsh, head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, had unleashed a social fiasco. Mr...

The closing arguments in my last article surrounded a view espoused by the late emperor, Haile Selassie, that evil men triumphed because those with the power to stop them did nothing. I am happy to see that over the last week, at least two...

The Government of Jamaica is the 51 per cent majority shareholder in Noranda Bauxite Company, while the remaining stake is held by private owners. I am extremely grateful to the Maroon community warriors who drew my attention back to this fact as I...

Even if the Integrity Commission might argue that the law dictates that the purchasing cost of real estate be disclosed in the statutory declarations of public officials, we do not think it beyond the imagination of the anti-corruption body to...

in order to set the record straight in response to a letter titled ‘Shame on Samuels for misguiding shoemaker’, written by Glenn Tucker, I insert myself into the story because I have always been involved in the Constant Spring Market tragedy. I met...

Today’s column is dedicated to all youth celebrating a special day, but especially to those who may be concerned about their life’s path. I’m giving you an abbreviated version of a chapter of a memoir I plan to finish this century. I’m writing so...