Commentary

Since Independence, the PNP has formed the government of Jamaica more often than the JLP, but the latter has managed the economy more successfully. Now, with an election in the offing, the PNP could be returned to power and the JLP once again be...

It is unfortunate that Marlene Malahoo Forte and her letter have been allowed to hijack, and potentially derail, the substance of the debate over the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and whether Jamaica should accede to its civil and criminal...

It is Delroy Chuck's right to fulminate. But Mr Chuck ought to know that he is more likely to change minds with logic and reason than with mere noise.Of course, threats sometimes work, which, of course, doesn't necessarily physical harm. It can be...

Friday's Senate sitting degenerated into a monumental farce.Farcical elements abounded, but the one cornering headlines in a lazy, under-researched and mainly sensation-seeking media was the cruel and unusual suspension of Senator Marlene Malahoo...

"I do hope that, as friends who have gone through so much together since those darkest of times, we can move on from this painful legacy and continue to build for the future." There's an aspect of David Cameron's cunning statement that nobody is...

The debate in the Senate of Jamaica on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is on in earnest. The debate is replete with oratorical flourishes and excellent delivery, but one must question the content and the persuasive value. What repetition.Both...

It was in early 1993, and I was seated downstairs waiting on the arrival of Hugh Shearer, prime minister in the pre-1972 period, and, at that time, MP for South East Clarendon.A few weeks before, he had commissioned a constituency poll, the results...

In recent weeks, delegates of the major political parties have been flexing their muscles in the candidate-selection process with startling results for some current members of parliament (MP) who have been flatly rejected from running again....