Commentary

Except for England's Jamaican Raheem Sterling, my World Cup hopes have been dashed. Nonetheless, the Petrojam stench has made me prouder to be Jamaican amid allegations of nepotism, misuse of public funds, poor managerial oversight, proving to be a...

Last weekend, I was in Sao Paulo to give a talk on the globalisation of reggae. It was part of a series of events for a riveting exhibition on Jamaican music that was first mounted in Paris last year. Next month, King Jammy will be a guest of nuff honour...

This is a joint statement from the CARICOM Reparations Commission and the Centre for Reparation Research.In a recent column published in the Jamaica Observer newspaper, UK Minister Lord Tariq Ahmad said it was his honour, as minister of state for...

It is rather unfortunate that the horrific stories about children who attempt suicide and who present with mental-health issues do not seem to impress upon us the urgency with which we must treat with the mental health of our children and...

Football fans, mad dogs and diehards alike will tell you there is nothing like football - the emotional highs and lows, the joy and despair, the heart-pounding exhilaration, and the jubilation when a goal is scored, and the final whistle. But, there...

There were 66 murders in 1962, the year Jamaica gained independence, producing a murder rate of 3.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the lowest in the world. In 2005, Jamaica had 1,674 murders for a homicide rate of 58 per 100,000 people, the highest...

I'm grateful to Carolyn Cooper for the constancy of her focus on beach access in Jamaica. It is a very real issue that has the potential to explode, with repercussions that can destroy the all-important tourism industry.The us-and-them reality of...

We seemingly have a propensity in this country to engage in unnecessary complexity, even when there are commonsensical and uncomplicated ways to achieve particular ends without compromising the desired objectives.I refer particularly in this...

The context of the Educate Jamaica's ranking of high schools is flawed.Jamaica lacks the fiscal and social foundations to attain homogeneous excellence in secondary education. The populist political expedience of standardising mediocrity in...

Ernest Henry Flower (o/c 'Haemorrhoid') was a master communicator.Talking was his game. For him, 'work' was a four-letter word. As a young articled clerk, he constantly complained about the "piles and piles" of files on his desk. That earnest (ouch...