Commentary

Howard Mitchell’s proposal for the private sector to seriously assess the behaviour of politicians, and formally declaring its intention so to do before funding their activities, is a step in the right direction that ought to be expanded into a...

Various factors have cultivated an environment of low trust in Jamaica. Among them have been both anecdotal and empirical evidence of corruption in high and low places. The belief that politicians are corrupt is near total in its prevalence. Some...

The Under-23 team’s failure to qualify for the Olympics indicates a clear breakdown in the country’s football structure and calls for a revolution in methodology. My opinions have been met with chagrin by those in charge of Jamaica’s football who...

Normally, when diplomats from the United States, or any of our close developed-country partners are posted to Jamaica, there is usually a sense of looking forward to what they will bring – financial aid, or how they can influence policymakers back...

Mi no know a which school dem ya dunce-bat politician go! JLP an PNP! It look like seh dem ongle study bandooloo. Dem never tek history, geography, biology, social studies, economics, law. Nutten like dat! An as fi...

When you reach my age, you can get a bit depressed, especially when you look in the mirror after you shower and realise that your birthday suit needs pressing and there is nothing you can do about it. Even going to a shrink can’t help. Actually,...

The blustery conditions that have developed around the Chinese-owned Alpart alumina refinery in St Elizabeth may well portend dangerous headwinds, of which we hope the Jamaican Government is mindful and has begun to take precautions. Shorn of the...

Things have got so complicated in the Middle East that the players are no longer just stabbing each other in the back. They are stabbing each other in the chest, in the groin, behind the left ear – anywhere that comes to hand. Friends and allies...

There may be something more deeply personal or sociological, rather than mere policy differences, in the relationship between Colin Gager, the chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, and the parish’s custos, Paul Muschett, which manifests...

Michael Lee-Chin is Jamaica’s only billionaire in the world’s few black billionaires, according to a Yahoo news story. One feels a sense of pride to see that a Jamaican can reach such dizzy heights. Equally, there is pride to see billionaires...

Muzzled by the law, they can’t say. But it is not beyond contemplation that, given the many scandals that engulf it, the education ministry, and officials thereof, present and former, are being investigated by the Integrity Commission. It is quite...

I read with impatient interest the article penned by Leroy Dixon in The Gleaner of Monday, August 12, 2019, titled ‘Decry Popcaan’s murder music’, and felt impelled to share another perspective different to the expressions of “absolute filth”, “...