Commentary

Tuesday's brouhaha between the Government and Opposition over whether a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was properly convened should serve as a reminder of the unfinished business of entrenching the leadership of other parliamentary...

Seventy years ago, on December 10, representatives of countries from every continent adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a mighty document that has helped change the world.Drawing on cultural and religious traditions from across the...

I read with interest Carolyn Cooper's column of Sunday, December 9, 2018, titled 'Back on the highway of Holness', and all I could do is shake my head. I am not a permanent resident of Beverly Hills. I grew up in the area, and have stayed down the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness' announcement that he will order a forensic audit of Petrojam will be embraced by people, among whom this newspaper is counted, who value accountability in the management, and use, of taxpayers' money.Yet, Mr Holness...

I can't believe we're already at the 10th annual Domino Awards, named for the Khooky Khast of Kharacters from my teenage domino years, starring that happy-go-lucky idler, the Dunce.First up: the international awards.The Dunce Award: Who said "Men...

The Holness administration is as scared of the Petrojam scandal as Trump is of Robert Mueller's Russian interference investigation.What the auditor general has reported is of the greatest national importance, and yet there is a deliberate effort to...

Ruel Reid, the education minister, tried for a fancy twirl in attempting to extricate himself from the mess he has woven in his obdurate and self-indulgent insistence on forging ahead with the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP) tests during the first...

The auditor general's report on Petrojam and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) simply confirmed and quantified what was known, and provided some salacious details.Pamela Monroe Ellis and her staff should be thanked and congratulated for...

The highway of holiness is a long distance away from all of the broad roads now being constructed by the China Harbour Engineering Company. And causing so much chaos!There's one road project, completed by local contractors, that has not attracted...