Commentary

In the absence of information, people panic. And when an impending hurricane threatens, only a local weather forecaster can truly reduce that panic.I remember when I just started doing weather back in 2003, and the newsroom routine whenever we had a...

Sex is a wonderful thing, and people everywhere are doing it. For most who voluntarily engage, it is one of the most enjoyable activities on Earth, and possibly on other planets as well. There are many different types of sex and sexual activites,...

World Family Doctor Day, celebrated on May 19 annually, is always a very reflective time for me. I started out my medical life exploring a career in general surgery. However, my circumstances changed and led me to work as a family doctor/general...

Ruel Reid, who is responsible for information in Andrew Holness' Government, made a very curious statement in the Senate last Friday. It was about press freedom. At least, that's how it was titled.Except that it wasn't a clear and coherent...

Bullhead had to show up on a site early last week Wednesday morning and the tools of his trade were at his home in a lane off Red Hills Road. As he left his girlfriend’s house in Belvedere shortly before 2 a.m., he knew that he had to walk,...

Given the bellicosity with which he responds to any presumed affront to his integrity, Karl Samuda, the agriculture minister, should have known, and done better, about the mingling of his personal affairs with those of the Jamaica Dairy Development...

As David Rudder says, we have the goods and the bads, and as your Orinoco mouthpiece, I will give you the lowdown and a rundown on all who wining on who, dining on what, and signing the cheques and balances.About three weeks ago, ship talk was back...

This headline forced me to reflect on our island and forced me to evaluate my childhood. Can I tell you that I am scared. I no longer enjoy walks in the park? I'm scared to even play. I have lost peers to violence...

Yes, our education system is classist, as the headlines screamed last week, but it is also sexist, which does not get nearly enough airplay.The Jamaican colonial state, grounded in plantation agricul-ture, designed an education system to suit itself...

If Netball Jamaica wanted a seamless transition from their last president to the new appointee, Paula Daley-Morris, they certainly haven't got their wish. It seems as if there is an unseen hand pulling some strings from behind the scenes...