Commentary

THE EDITOR, Sir: Taking a taxi in contemporary Jamaica is akin to attempting suicide. A sigh of relief is often audibly excreted by passengers upon arrival at their destinations unscathed. Passengers usually rush to call (or Whats app) their...

In recent months, the media informed of “the good things” happening in St Thomas. Equally, we hear of the closure of Seprod operations at Serge Island and Duckenfield. The promotion of the good things is illustrated by the public launching of the...

During the 26-plus years I have been writing this column, the level of government corruption in Jamaica has been a constant public concern, no matter which party has been in power. When some particularly egregious instance (e.g., Outameni, Dudus...

THE EDITOR, Sir: I would be hard-pressed to identify a vision more wonderfully captured than those espoused in Jamaica’s Vision 2030. Sadly, I fear it will remain just a beautifully written document. It captures a vision which, as a people, we...

If one is to go by the old saying that Jamaica is the land of wood and water, then it would be logical to assume that as a nation, we should not have a problem growing food to feed our people or finding water to quench our thirst. Fact is, we...

It is entirely possible that Donald Trump, the moronic xenophobe who occupies America’s White House, would, at any imagined provocation, advise Colin Powell to take a hike back to the place from which he came. And he’d probably call that place a ‘s...

We all hear of different misconceptions people have of Jamaicans. Well, here’s a shortened version of my story. It was at the age of 23 when I decided to venture out of my comfort zone and move to a country in which English was neither the first...

At first glance, the report of the Integrity Commission, which was tabled in Parliament last week, seems like a fulsome review of its first year as Jamaica’s primary anti-corruption agency. But a closer look suggests that the commission is...

Someone ought to audit the accounts of parliamentarians to see by how much the amount of imported food items has reduced since the ‘Grow What We Eat, Eat What We Grow’ campaign was launched in 2003. Given their working proximity to Coronation...

Getting people to join the constabulary, according to the police commissioner, isn’t the problem. Getting them trained is. Existing facilities, says Major General Antony Anderson, are inadequate to handle the numbers. We, however, would add another...

Stephen Shaw boldly announced that I was “premature, and foolhardy even, to pronounce doggedly on the outcome of an act that is still in process” in my recent Gleaner column ‘Hagley Park Road nightmare’ (July 8, 2019). He tried to assert that I “...

The revelations at the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee over the past weeks, involving Caribbean Maritime University and the embattled former minister of education, Ruel Reid, forced me into a reflection of his behaviour prior to...