Commentary

Recently, Education Minister Ruel Reid said the restructuring of the ministry was near completion. However, I find it repugnant that we still do not have career counsellors in our schools, especially at the secondary level.The harsh reality is that...

I can't imagine who would be surprised at the contents of the treasurer's report of the People's National Party (PNP) leaked earlier this week to the media. Apparently, the PNP has no centralised financial structure, with central oversight of...

The strange appointment of Carlos Brathwaite, in place of Darren Sammy, and ahead of the likes of a Kieron Pollard, as West Indies T20 captain, as well as the spurious justification for it posited by chairman of selectors, Courtney Brown, can only...

The leaking of Norman Horne's treasurer's report highlighting the disjointed and internally competitive approach to fundraising by the People's National Party (PNP) provides a rare insider's insight into the operation of a Jamaican political party...

Which genius planned our cricketing calendar so the Indian Test tour clashed with CPL?Today, with T20 the flavour of the month, that's stupidity squared. Also, to call that third XI sent to the slaughter a West Indies Test team is an insult to the...

When the question 'What of the Miss Lou statue?' posed in your editorial of Tuesday, August 16, 2016 comes to be answered, I hope you will have reason to headline the response thus: "Miss Lou statue now commissioned: to replace the monstrous...

Last week at a meeting asked for by the Economic Growth Council with the Council of Opposition Spokespersons, Dr Damien King shared his experience of visiting a new energy-producing site and noting the preponderance of foreign workers. This should...

Usain Bolt is now most surely the greatest sprinter who has ever lived. Named among sporting greats such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, and Pele, the Guardian newspaper calls him "a colossally potent figure in sport's modern history". For the rest...

During the ancient Olympics, the Greeks would put aside politics and wars, declare truces, and attend the games. The games may even have begun as a substitute for war. We do know that they were also an important religious festival for the pagan...

As Jamaica, in recent months, prepared for, and, over the past fortnight, embraced and celebrated the heroics of its athletes at the Rio Olympics, another cultural phenomenon, involving Jamaicans, has been unfolding abroad, with little attention at...