Commentary

On the first day, God created the sun. In response, the Devil created sunburn. On the second day, God created sex. In response, the Devil created marriage. On the third day, God created an economist. This was a tough one for the Devil, but, in the...

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, FaceTime, and WhatsApp have become the primary means of communication in the 21st century. Voice over IP has nearly replaced the need to use cellular minutes. Many have argued that...

There used to be a time in Jamaica when there were substantial flaws in our election systems. The names of dead or otherwise illegitimate people appeared on the voters' register. In a handful of constituencies, there was overvoting and sometimes...

My first association with Stafanie Taylor was in the year 2000. She was then only about nine years old. I used to do a feature on CVM TV then called 'It All Begins Here', and Stafanie was one of many youngsters that I put on television for the first...

With the horror of the March Pen scene vivid before our eyes, the words 'criminal', 'evil', 'wicked' are on many lips, and punishment, at least in the next life, is readily invoked. But criminals are not born that way. Also on our minds should be...

Despite the nearly 900 deaths in Haiti, the emerging story of Hurricane Matthew earlier this month is perhaps North Carolina in United States. It is one to which Jamaica should pay attention and learn from.To be clear, it is not the intention of...

We sympathise with Marc Ramsay's anger at the public defender's broad, and contorted, exculpation of management and staff of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) for the deaths of several preterm babies during last year's eruption of...

"Let us walk hand in hand and help break down the barriers in those zones of exclusion that create havens for criminality."These inspiring words from the 2011 prime ministerial inauguration speech seem to have been forgotten by everyone, even the...