Commentary

The autopsy on the body of Yetanya Francis confirmed what had been reported in the hours after her burnt body was discovered in Arnett Gardens - that she had been raped and stabbed before her body was set ablaze. Was it one devil? Or was it two or...

Back-to-school is usually a time for generosity. Family and friends put together to make sure students are ready for the new year. One-one book full schoolbag! That’s how I ended up breaking my vow not to go back to Papine Market in its pop-...

Kamina Johnson Smith, the foreign minister, will no doubt beg to differ, but few people will say that Jamaica's Government is doing enough to raise awareness, domestically, about the scandal of the Windrush Generation, thereby pressing the case of...

The major news this past week included the announcement by chairman of the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), John Jackson, that 90% of savings deposits in financial institutions are fully insured. Convinced he was making a great...

The link between a country's health and its prosperity has long been recognised. Indeed, we have heard it often enough: a healthy nation is a wealthy nation.This health-wealth equation affects every citizen of Jamaica, because development is so...

As we often remind governments, what is worse than formulation of bad policies is when they actually execute them. That, generally, has deleterious consequences.Audley Shaw, the agriculture minister, like his two immediate predecessors, appears to...

This week, I have been at-tending a conference in Niamey, the capital of Niger, the largest country in West Africa. At independence in 1960, it had a population of 1.7 million; by 2016, the population had grown to 20.6 million, one of the highest...

With all the work to widen thoroughfares and redevelop infrastructure taking place across Jamaica's capital, there was, understandably, great fear of traffic gridlocks accompanying the start of the new school year. That hasn't happened, which, we...

Much has been said in the media about Calabar High as an academic institution, as well as the school's efforts to improve its academic standards. It is without doubt that Calabar is not at a place in the academic arena of secondary level schools...

Eight days ago, my telephone rang. This is an infrequent occurrence, as most know this grumpy old man no longer speaks on that noisy, jangling invasion of privacy. Those who forget are further discouraged by a lengthy voicemail recording that tests...