Commentary

Recently, through its departing high commissioner to Jamaica, Britain once again opened up the discussion relating to its prison proposal.Examining this initiative further, is it possible that Britain could entirely fund a prison in Jamaica with a 1...

Rape is among the most horrific of crimes, not only because it sears the victim and often leaves her - technically, it can only be her in Jamaica's jurisprudence - scarred and scared, but its effects tend to be so lasting that it influences every...

Prisoners being fed, getting fat and doing nothing to earn their keep is an old clichÈ describing inmates within Jamaica's penal system.People expect prisoners to work, if even as payback to society. The image of an inmate who pays no tax, is given...

The best footballer, the best cricketer, the best player is always the spectator. And so this week, I am the best commissioner of police there could be. Mark you, I am blessed with 20:20 vision, also called hindsight, and I have foresight, although...

As Jamaica prepares for the start of the new school year, some dark clouds are discernibly on the horizon. This week, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), the teachers' union, announced that it had rejected a pay offer from the Government...

Within the space of a day, August 8-9, North Korea's leader, Kim Jung-un, declared his plan to fire intermediate-range ballistic missiles into waters just 30-40km off the US-controlled Pacific island of Guam. In response, the United States'...

There is every good reason why this Government has ushered in a change, whereby under the amended Constabulary Force Act, sub-officers and constables are now required to give six months' notice of intention to resign or face a quarter-million-dollar...

Having displayed an appalling deficit of judgement, George Quallo is hoping to rescue his credibility by tossing the constabulary's discredited administrative review report to the Police Service Commission (PSC) for its deliberation and action.We...

Where other people have a soul, he has an "open sore", is a fair paraphrase of a wise American commentator, Bill Maher's description of Donald Trump's character. His biographer says he is an "empty vessel ... with no moral core".Reputedly, the...