Commentary

I have been seething with anger for some time at how Flow was providing me with unauthorised cable channels and charging me for them, while pretending as if the service was legitimate.What's that? The company never acted as if all the channels it...

In an environment where the public veneration and corralling of poverty has been successful in the delivery of votes, the essence of Delroy Chuck's idea for inner-city/urban renewal risks being lost, and probably killed, in the fog of political...

Below is my edited letter in response to Clinton Chin, a leading member of the local Chinese community in Montego Bay.Best to you and all addressed in your communication, now copied to directors of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...

Anyone wanting an idea of the future of the underbelly of Jamaican politics needs only read of what, on the surface, are entirely reasonable observations by three young practitioners about the difficulty of financing their efforts. They should pay...

Gloria Henry, the president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), would no doubt have shocked a lot of people with her threat of a boycott of Chinese businesses for supposedly not "giving back" to the community. But what is...

With more than 40 years in existence, the Council of Legal Education was established "to facilitate the development of competent legal practitioners for the region". Article 1 Sub-Section 3 of The Treaty Establishing the Council of Legal Education (...

Customer service is a concept founded on the premise that when one enters an institution to make a purchase, you fall into the category of those with the desire, wherewithal and ability to make the decision to purchase. You are a customer.The...

Jamaica and Venezuela are the best of friends. They have had formal diplomatic relations for 50 years. But their friendship rests on far more than that.Two centuries ago, the Venezuelan independence leader, Simon Bolivar, found refuge in Jamaica...

In cricket, there is an inadvertent stroke called a French cut. A cricket blogger known as 'Stuart' describes it jokingly and ironically as "one of the most productive shots in cricket, but one hard to master. It involves deliberately striking the...

The article 'School boards: appointment and effectiveness', by educator and Gleaner columnist Esther Tyson, published in The Gleaner on Saturday, August 22, 2015, and the editorial commentary of the following day, point to the increased recognition...

On Sunday I happened to be really disappointed by some of my colleagues in media. The one thing that should separate us from the layman is our ability to be able to look at an issue dispassionately and always make a rational call.After that 4x400m...