Commentary

A man I know hit someone in anger who insulted him. It cost him his job. When asked why he allowed the situation to escalate to that level, with a cold calmness, he replied, "I'm a ghetto yute. All I have in this world is my pride. And if I don't...

The concept of 'bad mind' continues to ruin Jamaican society in a way I think is lost on the majority of people. It is an interesting concept from the perspective of how it serves as motivation to some people while acting as a blight on the success...

It's appropriate that the health minister, Christopher Tufton, has instructed the regional health authorities to audit the management of morgues at hospitals within their jurisdictions in the wake of the findings of a collapse of systems at the...

Nowadays, getting around most of Kingston and St Andrew is a serious and interesting undertaking. It used to be that going from Point A to Point B was a journey; now, it's an adventure.No longer can you tell anyone that you will be where you need to...

Recently there's been a lot of writing and tweeting about Jamaican Patois, whether it ought to be recognised as a separate language, and whether it ought to be integrated into the school system as the primary language of instruction, thereby making...

"Zimbabwe is open for business" was President Emmerson Mnangagwa's slogan in the July election that was supposed to show that the long and destructive reign of dictator Robert Mugabe, overthrown late last year, is really now a thing of the past. The...

The activism around the 'right to bare arms' has sparked a very quiet but important conversation in some circles about the issues faced by our women that get more attention.Though they are not, in anyway, opposed to women being allowed to wear a...

They say that fortune favours the bold. The wealthy say that to make money, you must take risks; the greater the risk, the higher the returns on investment. Yes, it's true. Now flip the coin and discover another truth: The greater the risk, the...

Whatever else may be the achievements of Audley Shaw, he did a great service for Jamaica during the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) long years in Opposition when he was the party's shadow finance minister and chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts...

The Gleaner editorial of October 15, 2018, titled 'Tax reform back on agenda', referencing comments made by University of the West Indies economist Damien King, quoted tax revenues as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) at 24%. This is not...