Commentary

Perhaps the prime minister fancies himself to have received solid counsel from his attorney general, Marlene Malahoo Forte. Or maybe he believes he has the legal chops to mount the defence himself. But we caution him again that his mangled...

Were I to characterise the life of Chief Justice Emeritus Zaila McCalla with one word, it would be courage.Chief Justice McCalla was showered with encomiums by representatives of various sections of the Bar on January 31 at a ceremonial sitting of...

The attrition rate among our top cops is astounding. For the sake of our country, I hope that the Police Service Commission will conduct an exit interview/debriefing to ascertain the reason for Commissioner Quallo's departure and deal with it...

In our system, the grade-four literacy and numeracy tests will tell you how most children will do during the rest of their school experience. This is because a satisfactory competence in standard English and mathematics is the absolute fundamentals...

National Security Minister Robert Montague recently apologised for his scandalous challenge last year to criminals: "This minister don't fraida unnu; my uncle is a obeah man." Taking back his words, the minister piously testified, "I am not into...

How sick can you be to view a video of an infant child being forced to perform an unthinkable act on an adult? There is approximately one cell phone per person in this country, and if we judge it according to the adult population, we have close to...

Since I will argue that Pastor Steven Anderson should not have been banned, it's worth acknowledging that there are some very persuasive reasons disallowing him, primary among which is that we already have enough troglodytic maniacs without...

Kudos to international reggae artiste Shaggy for meeting his target of $100m for the Bustamante Hospital for Children. His Make a Difference Foundation held a charity event earlier this year and had major buy-in from corporate sponsors and music...

While we supported the Jamaican Bar's proposal for the Government to advertise for a new chief justice, as well as reforms to the system of future appointments, few people would second-guess the naming of Bryan Sykes to the job. Except, maybe, Prime...

Apparently it was not Einstein who said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results." The quote is attributed elsewhere. But the saying is worthy of Einstein. Since causes lead to effects, then all things being...