Commentary

"Human development deals with the physical and cognitive development of people. For Clarendon, it means that a foundation has been built and will allow us to elevate ourselves. This must go beyond job creation. It is important for each individual to...

Any good dictionary will define morality as those principles concerning the distinction between right or wrong and the difference between good and bad behaviour.Every generation of people grow up in a society where there exists a set of morals that...

Sam is charged with shoplifting. Sam admits to his lawyer that he took a watch, as charged. Sam's lawyer realises that the store's hidden camera videotape is fuzzy and practically useless as prosecution evidence. In addition, Sam's lawyer learns...

Old golfers never die. They whack on their balls until they finally get them into the hole.I remembered this insightful bit of amateur philosophy espoused by stand-up comedy legend and great grandfather of all 'African-American' comedians, Nipsey...

Parliament pleasures itself for six or seven weeks each year in an exercise dubbed the Sectoral Debate that follows the passage of the Budget. It is under way now.Billed as an exercise in accountability, it has become more an opportunity for self-...

George Quallo is hardly a personality you'd remember from an uncrowded room, but, perhaps, for the fact of his shaven head. Neither is his bearing commanding nor his speech authoritative. He doesn't compensate with charisma.But people who know Mr...

On Easter Monday, I went to a party for one of my friends who recently retired from banking. There was a very high concentration of former NCB managers. They exchanged entertaining stories about the early days when black people started to break...

That most disturbing video of a male uptown reveller, sparsely clad, boldly striding among slow-moving traffic with his licensed firearm held down then playfully pointing it at cars was an extreme example of the assumptions of uptown privilege...

If you are disadvantaged and Chinese in Port Antonio, you might, like others, seek your fortune elsewhere because there are those who have turned their early circumstances into considerable fortunes. Aiming to replicate their success, Peter Chang-...

We tend to think that all young people need is something to do rather than the actual resources and opportunities needed to fulfil their dreams. Quite often, policy and decision-makers, who more than likely are far removed from the realities faced...