In light of the current controversy surrounding the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) promised abolition of income tax for PAYE workers/employees earning up to $1.5m per annum and surrounding issues, I would like to express my concern about the approach...
Can you believe this? They're now flying kites about transforming the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) into the Tourism Homeland Income Enhancement Fund (THIEF), or to put it in 'Jumaykan', the Tourism...
Karl Samuda, the commerce and agriculture minister, says he is "cautiously optimistic" about talks he is to have this week with the top brass of the Chinese company, COMPLANT, about the future of their cane-farming and sugar-manufacturing business...
Pension surplus represents the excess that accrues, over time, by capital accretion, less the standard financial obligations that are discharged to beneficiaries and active stakeholders, such as fund managers and trustees.Capital accretion refers to...
Published:Monday | April 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMPatricia Perry
As the largest denomination in Jamaica, the voice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will naturally attract attention. The church, therefore, has to be careful in deciding what it gives attention to as it seeks to carry out its mandate to package...
There was once a time I used to bawl down the prices of market vendors and local suppliers I knew. If you advertised the breadfruit for $20, I would haggle the price down to $10. If a seamstress offered to make me a dress for $1,000, by the time I...
Over the past few days, a gaggle of British politicians have published summaries of their income tax filings. Yesterday, it was the turn of George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, as well as Boris Johnson, the Tory mayor of London.On...
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was the son of son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was a handsome young man with a stunning physique, but was also haughty, showing disdain to those who loved him, while dismissing them. Nemesis,...
Two substantial public-policy issues - the question of the efficacy and efficiency of the justice system, and whether the Government should intervene to shore up wobbly sugar companies - collided last week, possibly edging the Holness administration...
There was a patient who was in severe distress. She had been going back and forth between two health facilities in the fervent hope that one of them would restore her to her former state of excellent health. She had several very serious ailments...
There are some important things we just don't want to talk about in Jamaica. Public discourse here is probably as unbridled as anywhere in the world, but certain fundamental matters appear too hot for us to handle.Take, for example, the issue of...
"Jamaica nuh have nothing fi offer we, Miss, we a suffer out yah. Me a go a New York when me graduate."That was the comment made by a grade-10 student who I mentor at a non-traditional high school. There were around 20 of them and I had asked what...
Economic Development is the number one priority for every nation at this time; but many countries are now struggling with the current system of economic development. For example, the textbook syndrome is no longer feasible at this time. We must now...
Jamaica's leading business and trade organisations could do far worse than co-opting Shanique Myrie to their councils, where they would benefit from her insights and advice on how to insist on, and obtain, one's rights in rules-based arrangements...
Last Sunday, as I was on Waterloo Road watching the carnival parade, I ran into one of my neighbours. He asked me, "Carolyn, weh yu a do inna brown people business?" Since he's just as black as me, I threw ...
As everyone knows, I take the conclusions of the local media and commentariat as gospel. And these mandarins, pundits, wise men and soothsayers recently concluded that there is absolutely nothing wrong with a country's leaders establishing offshore...
In the immediate wake of the 2008 Phillips challenge for leadership of the People's National Party (PNP), it could hardly be said that Portia and Peter had become bosom buddies.When the PNP demolished the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in December 2011...
Jamaica's sugar industry is again claiming prominence for all the wrong reasons. This has been a recurring theme in the island's history since around 1509 when sugar cane was shipped from Haiti to Jamaica.However, the industry did not really thrive...
Right round a corner linking two busy streets in a Port-of-Spain suburb, I took a long look at a billboard that previously advertised the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), hoping to get an idea of the fixtures or the start date or even a picture of...
Diabetes is not a new disease. Commonly called 'sugar' by laymen, it has been around for a long time. Current medical evidence suggests that this disease will continue to be a significant public-health threat well into the 21st century. Indeed, the...
In all sincerity, I believe the real winner of the Kitty-Yanique hoopla wasn't even part of the feud.The real winner was Magnum - both the show and the beverage.Sometimes, television shows fall into a lull. After 10 seasons of unearthing talent,...
Desmond McKenzie was perhaps scared of parallels being drawn with the Richard Patterson incident of a decade ago, of which there may be some. Or maybe he saw - which is likely - an opportunity to burnish his image as a minister intolerant of...
Dave Cameron, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president, may be wondering if the gods have deserted him. West Indies cricket has been going through turbulent times for well over two decades, and all of a sudden, it is now appearing that he is...
Corruption comes in many forms. One of them is nepotism, where those with power or influence misuse it to favour their relatives, especially by giving them jobs or contracts. Cronyism takes place when those with power or influence similarly favour...
Last week Thursday, I watched the final match of TVJ's 2016 School Challenge Competition between Titchfield High School, Portland and Campion College, St. Andrew. The students of Titchfield should be commended for winning the competition and the...
