Over the past few years, it has become common for poor people to be the source of comedic relief whenever they attempt to vocalise the problems they endure. It is an unfortunate consequence of how damagingly insensitive Jamaicans have become towards...
Sunday's vote by the majority of Brazil's Lower House deputies to impeach President Dilma Rousseff has vestiges of constitutional action, which is now before the Senate for final resolution. But from this distance, what is emerging carries an odour...
There are some ladies whose shoes I can only but dream to wobble in, let alone walk. Ladies who perpetually exemplify the strength of a woman Shaggy sings about. I've had the pleasure of meeting quite a few. However, my favourites have shared...
When was the last time that you apologised for something that you did, or failed to do? An apology is a regretful acknowledgement of having said or done something that harmed another, and is often of great benefit. Unfortunately, many perceive...
What happens to those folk who have completed their prison sentence and have to return to the society? How will they be integrated? Who helps them? How do their experiences in prison impact how they are on the outside?Early last week, a man passed...
Many are calling for more women in politics and other influential positions within the society, but they must clearly define what kind of women are needed within those positions.We need women in influential positions who are transformed and healed,...
Based on the raw bottom-line numbers that Audley Shaw presented to Parliament last week, the new Holness administration seems intent, as the prime minister has promised, on running as tight a fiscal ship as the country has become accustomed to over...
Parliament had its formal opening last Thursday. For those for whom these things matter, the ritual, the fashion and the posing were evident, but the substance sorely lacking.Sir Patrick tried his best with talk of a "new beginning", and we all sat...
Although, on the books, our citizens are protected by the Constitution and the Noise Abatement Act, the people who 'eat a food' (make a living) through loud events see it as their God-given right to do they choose to do to earn money.Consequently,...
The 2014 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ) estimated Jamaica's population at 2.8 million and the country's labour force at 1,305,100. These are "persons 14 years and over who were employed in any form of economic activity for one hour or...
There may be yet more in the pipeline, but last week the Holness Government named more than 500 members of boards of 52 agencies or institutions. That, of course, is not unique to this administration.This is usually what happens after elections and...
The Gleaner reports that 'Sir Patrick could be out of a job' because it is part of the Government's legislative agenda to this year remove the British monarch as our head of state and replace it with a non-executive presidency.Normally I would be on...
Tuesday gone, Calabash festival have big launch a Redbones Blues Cafe fi promote di literature stage show weh a go keep up inna Treasure Beach di first weekend a June. Di festival start up inna 2001. So a long time it a gwaan. Whole a 15 year. Colin...
Published:Friday | April 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMGwynne Dyer
You couldn't make this stuff up.Today, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil faces an impeachment vote in the Lower House of Congress. The charge? That she manipulated government accounts to make the deficit look smaller than it really was before the...
Jamaicans have just about had enough of violent crime. And just when we thought the criminals had reached the zenith of brutality, another heinous event, like the shooting death of a heavily pregnant woman, comes to the fore.There is, however,...
This is the kind of thing that would normally make prosecutors and police see red, but we are talking about South - and not North - Korea, where anti-communist sentiments run high. Instead, the officials in charge of ensuring that the members of the...
The current case between United States federal investigators and the mobile phone giant Apple provides not only an intriguing insight into the use of forensics, but will also offer valuable lessons to law-...
Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Wright
Oh, so it's Robert Nesta Morgan, aide to Andrew Holness, who is the information minister. At least we've got that cleared up.Most Jamaicans had been misinformed that Ruel Reid was the go-to man for information, but we now realise that he knows...
We appreciate that the attention of the new administration may be concentrated on its economic priorities, especially as it prepares to debate its first Budget for the fiscal year that begun this month.That notwithstanding, we urge Prime Minister...
It was only after Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced during his Budget speech in January that in April 2016 his government would be abolishing personal income tax (PIT) "in its entirety" that the Jamaica Labour Party crafted its...
It has long been one of sport's most revered and respected record. Many thought 72 wins in a regular season would never happen again in our lifetime. The Chicago Bulls team that did it in the 1990s had Michael Jordan, and maybe, subconsciously, we all thought that unless a team suddenly found a way to make Jordan young again and stick him in that power forward position, a 72-win repeat would be a pipe dream...
Jamaica is blessed with many industries that contribute to its overall economic growth. But I believe more attention should be placed on the tourism industry and its potential to grow the economy in the right direction.We are fortunate to have...
Recently, there was an episode of Family Feud on Game Show Network hosted by comedian Steve Harvey in which a family reached the 'fast money' round with the possibility of being awarded US $20,000 once the two team members collectively scored 200...
The findings that 81 per cent of Jamaicans would move abroad at the drop of a hat is not remotely astonishing.I attended law school in London with persons from various Caribbean nations, including Jamaica. After graduation, all the students from the...
The government is still at the edge of the cliff, but they aren't over it as yet. Hopefully, they will accept the offer of a lifeline, the latest one from Richard Byles, chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC). Mr Byles has...
