Commentary

It seems like a lot of people are in the habit of discussing Perlita. She was born somewhere around the early 1980s, so she should be in her mid-30s by now. From what I glean, when she was fairly young, it was easy to take care of her. We all know...

Since the weekend, Donald Trump has been in the Middle East on the first leg of a trip his supporters at home hope will help to stabilise his erratic presidency and put a shine on America's global prestige.Earlier, Mr Trump was in Saudi Arabia for...

The first-quarter Jan-Mar 2017 growth figure was quite disappointing, coming in at estimated 0.6%, well below expectations. Yet Jamaica's Economic Growth Council (EGC), buoyed by an effervescent Chairman Michael Lee-Chin, is projecting a 2.3% growth...

What do the people who live in New Market (St Elizabeth), Wakefield (St Catherine), Smithfield (Westmoreland), Salt Marsh (Trelawny), Jack's River (St Mary) have in common over the last two years? The citizens in each of these districts, having...

The British excitement about polls, canvassing and campaigning did not immediately register with me, although it may certainly have done so with the Electoral Registration Office. But 'may' certainly registered with me when I thought I heard a BBC...

The recent torrential rain and consequential flooding of people's homes and dislocation of Jamaicans' lives are as perennial as the sun shines. We know that rain will come and flooding will ensue, yet we are often caught...

The Test series between the West Indies and Pakistan is now over, and the discussions continue in sports circles, especially as it relates to that disappointing way in which we lost the third Test, with Shannon Gabriel's wild heave off what would be...

"The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason."I suspect the essence of this quote attributed to American poet T.S. Eliot would be lost on Karl Samuda, minister of agriculture and fisheries, were he at all...

Whatever other view may be held of Paula Llewellyn, it's beyond debate that she is among the most engaged of Jamaica's public officials, ready, as was the case with Trevor Munroe this week, to defend her actions and openly debate them with critics....

So the Government, it seems, seeing how highly Jamaica scored on global freedom-of-the-press ratings (eighth in the world), has decided it's time to clip our wings, instead of celebrating this rare achievement. We hear rumbles about 'regulating'...