Commentary

Now that the Jamaican Bar Association has followed Hugh Small's advice and formally complained about slowcoach judges who often take years to deliver their rulings, we hope that Delroy Chuck is good on his word in aggressively attending to the...

Truth is, even though next Monday is Labour Day, for the entire 24 hours, many won't lift a finger.In Jamaica, the intention is for groups to get together and labour on projects that beautify their homes, civic locations and community spaces....

I confess. I loved Troy Caine's guest column ('Cabinets, breakfronts and Gordon Robinson', In Focus, Sunday, May 15, 2016).To begin with, I've always admired Troy's encyclopaedic recall of political history, even if it comes with a mild JLP leaning....

Q: What's the difference between the coup that overthrew the elected government in Thailand in 2014 and the coup that has removed the elected government in Brazil?A: The coup-makers in Thailand wore uniforms.The Brazilian Senate recently voted 55-22...

National Security Minister Robert Montague recently said that his ministry is taking steps “to determine if there are any legal impediments to the resumption of hanging in Jamaica”. He further stated that persons who intend to break the...

I have a habit of spontaneously opening up talk about the dangers of intimate relationships with preteen and teenage girls with the tacit or explicit permission of, and in the presence of, their mothers.Some moms chime in with, "Yes, doc! Tell har...

Our surprise would have been if the reflexive response to the Caribbean Policy Research Institute's (CaPRI) review of the National Housing Trust (NHT) was other than the proposal that the Trust exit the housing construction business, and other...

Finance Minister Audley Shaw made a presentation in the Parliament on May 12, 2016 titled 'Partnership for Economic Growth', in which he outlined the Government's tax programme for the year 2015-16. Minister Shaw had economic growth as his 'guiding...

Pragmatism has happily prevailed. The Holness administration abandoned its catching, but obviously unworkable personal income tax policy for one that is less dreamy but implementable. We know how it will be paid for: with new taxes.But even at this...