Commentary

For whatever else the Holness administration deserves plaudits, no policy issue has the Government, so far, approached more admirably than Jamaica's relations with its partners in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), especially the contentious matter...

Just over a week ago, the present ruling party in Trinidad and Tobago, the People's National Movement (PNM), announced that it was going to build a five-storey Headquarters Complex which would be named the Eric Williams Memorial Building after the...

Saying goodbye to the baby you didn't meetI was nauseous for a week, sucking on mints to keep myself mildly sedated enough to present the day's news at work. Media, like children, require a smile to soothe their fears, especially if the news is bad....

Leicester City's title-winning heroics in England have already triggered talk of being the biggest upset in the history of sports. There have been some stunning upsets in sports, but usually those were one-off incidents. Kenya beating the West...

There are encouraging signs that we Jamaicans are maturing as a people.National Security Minister Robert Montague must have been surprised at the public response to the kite he flew last week when, at a passing-out parade, he announced that he had...

It's no longer completely shocking that a woman in Jamaica has had some form of physical augmentation or plastic surgery. That was customarily expected of those still searching for meaning and fame in Hollywood and elsewhere.It's also no longer...

It's a pleasure to be writing in local media again after a break of eight years. I wrote a column in the now-defunct Jamaica Herald from 1995 till 2008 when I decided it was time to stake a claim on the World Wide Web by starting my blog Active...

Not long ago, I was introduced to a 21-year-old grandmother in the area of Kingston which I represent. Although hers is an extreme case, instances of intergenerational, early teen pregnancy are common.The age of sexual initiation in Jamaica is well...

Road fatalities are most likely to occur in low- and middle-income countries. The 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) global status report tells us that the total number of traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.2 million per year, especially among...

Plastic bags are extremely useful, being used mainly to contain and/or transport a variety of goods and materials. They are utilised in the medical field and for waste disposal...