Commentary

I left the funeral for Edward Seaga with a feeling of deep satisfaction. Not just because it was so incredibly well organised, but because this great man had finally been accorded the respect he always deserved but never really got. The last...

There’s a putative ‘daughter’ of Jamaica running for president of the United States, and like most other Jamaicans, I take some amount of pride in that. The United States is among a few countries in this world where it is quite normal, almost...

I doubt very much that Andrew Holness would be alarmed by any attempt to put obeah on him. Whether in jest or not! He was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and, I suppose, doesn’t take obeah seriously. He probably assumes that Christians...

It is with a profound sense of loss and indescribable anguish that I write this well-deserved tribute to one of Jamaica’s intellectual giants, Martin Henry. His was a singular life of unflinching and unswerving commitment to the moral, social,...

People who live, work, or do business in Jamaica’s capital will be heartened by this week’s promise by E.G. Hunter that all the major road and related infrastructure projects being undertaken in the Greater Kingston area would be complete by the...

One of the difficult instances presented as justification in support of procuring an abortion, at least within 12 weeks, is where conception results from rape, especially if the victim is a young child. Instinctively, the supporters for abortion...

If the trends hold true, sometime after they graduate, more than 14,000 Jamaican students now enrolled at the University of the West Indies (UWI) will emigrate. Of the 12,000 or so at the University of Technology, over 10,000 will leave. They will...

The issue of skin bleaching is yet again making the rounds on talk shows, and the media in general, largely due to letters reportedly dispatched from the administration of the Irwin High School to the parents of students who had issues with their...

The education ministry’s incompetent roll-out of its Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exam for grade-six students has rightfully exercised the minds of Jamaican parents. But there is another looming crisis in education that demands attention and serious...

One day, a couple years back, I wanted to donate an academic scholarship to a Campion College student. Having matriculated to this school of excellence from Mona Heights Primary myself in 1993, I wanted to do my part in making sure that a child who...

The release of the Zacca Petrojam Review Committee report is a welcome development. It covers most of the areas germane to the refinery and port terminal operations. The huge J$7-billion operational losses revealed for the refinery is a good metric...

Democracy, as a political system, is founded on the idea of a good contest. In politics, as in sport, contests are a good thing. They are an antidote to tendencies towards autocracy and arbitrariness in the allocation of power and in the use and...