Commentary

The Holness administration is quite adroit at the slick and glitz of social-media platforms. It doesn't, however, seem so good at communicating with small stakeholder groups about the grit of hard policy options and why, sacrificing to themselves...

Not surprisingly, the fact of Isat Buchanan being called to the Bar in Jamaica has been controversial. And in a country where the legal profession is under a cloud because of many ethical lapses, the Buchanan affair has the potential for deepening...

Sexuality and sexual health continue to be controversial discussion points within Jamaican advocacy. Oftentimes, battle lines are drawn on whether the age of consent should be raised, whether adolescents should be criminalised for consensual sexual...

Comedian Bob Hope quipped, "I've been with NBC so long. I was here when the peacock was just an egg." Not to be outdone, Groucho Marx, the quickest wit in town, commented on how long he had been in Hollywood: "I've been around so long, I knew Doris...

Calls to Crime Stop Jamaica reached a seven-year high in 2017, which, hopefully, indicates a turnaround in the mindset of individuals who now realise that crime is threatening to create chaos. Indeed, crime is holding many communities hostage at...

"We have three gangsters, one suspect, and a president who is prisoner of a Top Six that is clearly compromised," said Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist and Nobel Prize nominee, on hearing that Cyril Ramaphosa, a former trade union leader and businessman...

By now it is an open secret that Kingston College will welcome three athletes on their roster from St Lucia. The athletes will be coming in January and, therefore, will not be able to compete at Boys and Girls Championships for 2018.My sources at KC...