Commentary

Prince Buster died on September 8 this year, roughly two weeks ago. I remember feeling a deep sense of loss all day long into the next few days that was exacerbated by the scant attention local media were giving the news. On the day of the latter-...

Jamaica has never had a coherent strategy for dealing with the underlying causes of crime and violence, which include broken families and social decay; neglected and abused children, with early exposure to violence; bad housing, poor education and...

Karl Blythe has had his whimper, but nothing is really settled in the People's National Party (PNP). It can't assume that its future is now assured.Further, unlike what appears to be the belief of P.J. Patterson, its former leader and prime minister...

As a result of the People's National Party's shocking defeat at the 2016 polls, there has been a crescendo of calls for renewal in the party's approach to governance, as well as the re-evaluation of its political identity in order to reconnect with...

With hands clasped tightly and lips furiously sputtering magical incantations, the women gathered at the gates begging the gods to smite the unrighteous for their latest attempt at sullying their pious prophet.Such was the scene outside the Kingston...

The failures, inaction and delays of regulatory and oversight local government authorities must share the blame for our social degradation. Sadly, the process is now beginning its insidious metastasis to a quiet and peaceful St Mary community that...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has many responsibilities, but most of them fall into three categories:1. Public reassurance and crime prevention, which includes maintaining a visible public presence in order to deter crime, reassure the public...

June gawn, Cecil Cooper have one big show up a Olympia Gallery fi celebrate im 70th birthday. A fi im birthday. But a wi get di present dem. Fi see di whole heap a painting dem weh im collect up! Im show wi nuff a di work im do...

The phenomenon of lottery scamming is well known to, and embedded in, Jamaica. It rep dastard acts committed on vulnerable older persons, in general. The overwhelming majority of the victims are to be found in the USA.As such, one can understand the...

The criminal conviction of the Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller has resulted in a kind of appraisal of the role of the clergy in Jamaica's long-running battle against crime and violence.There was a loud chorus of religious leaders supporting Rev Miller...

As the world gets smaller thanks to advances in technology, the opportunities increase for new connections between people, cultures and economies. Technology is making it easier to travel. Technology gives us new ways to interact with each other and...