Commentary

The Caribbean has a global reputation for the creativity of its people. The musical geniuses, the artists and poets, the celebrations and festivals are famous and can be used as indicators of the talent within us. The best proof, however, can be...

Jamaica is not serious about providing justice for its citizens. In fact, our justice system is a fancy term for organised frustration cradled with professionals who have grown accustomed to very few results. While I am not familiar with how things...

I had made up my mind that I was not going to get overly excited about the upcoming fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. It had too much of the 'made-for-TV' prints on it.Floyd is a master not only in the ring, but in promoting boxing...

In so many ways, Jamaica is a monarchy, and I am not talking about Queen Elizabeth. The other kings and queens who rule here have much more power thanany member of the Houseof Windsor.Take the recent brouhaha over sand mining in Duncans Bay,...

I recently put it to a senior member of the Holness Cabinet that there was no way the Government could be seriously contemplating allowing the National Water Commission to enter the bottled water market, as reported in The Gleaner on June 13, 2017.I...

When Audley Shaw told us about the grand $1.5-million bonanza to benefit taxpayers, we didn't realise prosperity would come at such a high price.But when your handle on basic arithmetic is tenuous, you might have to make expensive phone calls asking...

Your July 7 edition carried a report with a damning headline: 'Major cruise lines pull out of Falmouth Port'. The report went on to detail that three ships had decided to omit Falmouth from their itineraries in the upcoming season and that this...

The data suggest that somewhere in the region of 13 per cent of Jamaicans are unemployed. Drive through many inner-city or rural communities and you get the feeling that 13 per cent was a typo and perhaps it could be more like 31 per cent. Far too...

I don’t like the word ‘promiscuous’. It sounds rather judgemental to me. I recall someone defining a promiscuous person as "someone who has more sex than me", which made me laugh, but also understand the point being made...

I know someone - closer than a brother - who, through life, has been very sparing of time away from his vocations. Why? Because life absent from useful work too easily makes one 'wutliss', saps productivity, fosters dependence and provides occasion...