The perennial grumblings about Champs have resurfaced. The grouse is essentially the same: the difficulty of getting grandstand tickets for Saturday.When demand is this disproportionate to supply, there is always going to be a major problem. This...
Should Prime Minister Andrew Holness desire vindication for his promise to honour Jamaica's agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including the programme of fiscal consolidation, he might look to Trinidad and Tobago (T...
It is indeed curious that it was Phillip Paulwell who convened a meeting of the People's National Party (PNP) parliamentary group in the absence of the PNP's leader Portia Simpson Miller, to discuss the party's potential strategy in the new...
Parliamentarians are often the subject of much criticism because only a handful of them manage to meet and/or exceed our expectations. Regrettably, many of them do not seem to fully understand what their duties entail (maybe we really do need job...
On Monday, February 22, three days before the 2016 general election, retired Bishop of the Anglican Church Alfred Reid, while speaking at the 166th Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) General Assembly, encouraged Baptist ministers of religion to embrace '...
Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMDameon Black
Given that Prime Minister Andrew Holness has had his Cabinet installed, the ministers and the civil servants who report to them have turned their attention to the process of managing their portfolios. One critical aspect has to do with the...
Prior to Thursday February 25, election day, I was in a quandary. I wanted to vote for the member of parliament (MP) whom I believed had done well enough in four short years to warrant another stint in Parliament.The major problem which I faced is...
With its defeat at the 2016 polls, the time is apt for the People's National Party (PNP) to review and revise its approach, not just to electioneering, but also to governance. The current dilemma confronting political organisations large and small...
While we understand that the government may feel itself obligated to quickly fulfill its campaign promises, especially the one on personal income tax, we suggest to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his finance chief, Audley Shaw, to avoid the haste...
By the end of today's primaries in the states of Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, and Missouri, Donald Trump will, possibly, to the chagrin of the Republican Establishment, have transcended front-runner status to become his party's...
Call me morbid, but even as I sit here in near-perfect health, I have planned my funeral. I have written down on paper every last detail of how it should play out. I know I want it held at The Little Theatre (or Ward, if it's refurbished by then). I...
In 2012, I was very lucky to be appointed as economic and commercial counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica. After working here for four years, it is really sad for me to say goodbye to this beautiful island with which I am deeply in love.But...
Published:Monday | March 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMDarien Henry
Quite recently, there has been a rash of public commentary about the merits of paying teachers of math and science at variable rates that are ostensibly higher than what their similarly abled counterparts take home, albeit the differentials in...
Restorative justice is a model of dispute resolution that is reaping much success in the pilot communities in which it has been implemented. When citizens are provided with alternative avenues to discuss and resolve grievances, the pressure that is...
Andrew Holness has hit the ground running as our new Prime Minister after orchestrating one of the best organized and effective campaigns that the country has seen. One of his first orders of business was to...
Jamaica's current political situation doesn't lend itself to a coalition government. However, both sides possess some ideas for trying to tackle serious and refractive national problems worthy of consideration.I do not expect both sides to readily...
Proverbs 15: 22 states: "Without counsel, plans go awry, but in the multitude of counsellors, they are established."Regardless of the plans and vision one has, success or failure will depend on the advisers/counsellors with which one surrounds...
Distracted by an election campaign and the formation of a new Government at home, it is understandable that Jamaican policymakers may have paid little attention to a campaign on the other side of the Atlantic - the one over whether Britain should...
One of the most painful consequences of an election loss is the almost total divestment of power. The second and most destructive is the finger-pointing.Not many in the public are aware that just as how PNP and JLP engage in oftentimes bitter...
The People's National Party was founded by O.T. Fairclough and was nurtured and led by Norman Manley until 1969. The party was significantly influenced at inception by the events of 1938....
When Jamaicans elected their government a fortnight ago, merely 47 per cent of them bothered to cast ballots. Forty years ago, in 1976, 85 per cent of the electorate voted. Four years later, the figure was 87 per cent.Since then, voter participation...
Despite the ongoing immigration crisis in Greece at the time, and in spite of an elegantly argued case on my part (if I do say so myself!) explaining that because of my complicated racial antecedents I could very easily be mistaken for a North-...
Our new Prime Minister needs to learn Greek very quickly. And it's not just about language.Andrew Holness needs to take extra lessons from Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece. He can learn a lot about how to keep election promises. Or not!...
The Communication University of China offers a Master's Degree in Pubic Relations. A Dr Deborah Gabriel, in a post tagged under 'Pubic Relations', showed off the fully clothed student who had won the prize for the best Dissertation paper, and the...
Recent revelations about the bat infestation that has once again brought the Ministry of Justice to a standstill, serve to demonstrate the important role of health and environmental systems in the proper management of a country's affairs.Sickened by...
