Commentary

As bits and pieces of the controversial audit of Jamaica's health sector begin to creep into the public domain, one wonders: Why was it not disclosed long ago? What was all this fuss about?The Access to Information Act sets the framework for the...

The recent remark by our minister of health, Dr Fenton Ferguson, that the babies dying during the recent bacterial outbreaks at the Cornwall Regional and University hospitals were "not babies in the real sense" incensed many. It...

I have absolutely nothing against the individuals who choose to serve in public office, but it irks me that because of politics, some have attained invulnerability and are above ethical reproach. They don't accept the consequences of their actions....

I have been following the progress of the three bills in Parliament for a major change to the judiciary, replacing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council by the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal for Jamaica.The bills are...

I'm no Mark Wignall. But I'm predicting that if the prime minister does not immediately fire her minister of health, the PNP will soon be voted out of office. In his column published last Thursday, Wignall prophesied, "It is more likelihood than...

As the fog of politics descends on the Privy Council-CCJ debate, we can more easily make out who had set out to claim the title of martyr and, although Senator A.J. Nicholson could not help himself by coming across as abrasive, it does appear that...

The state of the nation, upon review, is bad and likely to get worse in this electioneering period.This past week, I had occasion to listen to a mother who had her first live birth, at age 23, of an infant son who was born prematurely and severely...

There have been mixed reactions within China and around the world to news that China has decided to relax its 35-year-old one-child policy, allowing married couples now to have two children, if they so desire.The decision to change aspects of this...

Dr Fenton Ferguson seems like a nice guy. He has that older, decorous, almost stately way about him, making him the ideal candidate to play the role of a celibate country parson in a movie, if ever the opportunity arises.Of course, Dr Ferguson, as...

Orville Powell's decision to challenge Captain Horace Burrell for the presidency of the JFF is the biggest sports story on the local sports circuit this week. In our subconscious, most of us have got accustomed to Burrell being in charge and have...