Commentary

Apparently, there is now a going rate for romantic interludes with a child. Last week, a local newspaper reported that a 30-year-old married man was fined J$150,000 after being caught by police kissing a 13-year-old girl in an abandoned building....

We appreciate the cross-party consensus that facilitated Governor General Sir Patrick Allen's reappointment of Terrence Williams, for a second five-year term, as head of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), the agency that probes...

She sits amid the Caribbean Sea adorned with shades of blue,This gem of an island claimed by Columbus in 1492,Hills once green and valleys deep in verdant vegetation,Now brown and dry under a hot sky, reeling from devastation.Her rivers and coasts...

No, no, no! No one from Reuters news agency, based in London, contacted me regarding my article on human trafficking last week. It is simply that truth does have a way of getting out; whatever might be the version of it one wishes to push. I make no...

A few years ago, contestants on TVJ's Schools' Challenge Quiz were asked to name a famous prophet from August Town. Their answer was 'Sizzla'. These students should have known Alexander Bedward's story. But, as Peter Tosh sang, "You can't blame the...

We are celebrating the anniversary of having attained political Independence. We are no longer a colony, and it follows that the association that should rise to the forefront is nationalism. Sadly, I do not find major displays of nationalism after...

You've heard about 'good cop, bad cop'. It is when two police officers work on you to get a confession or at least an admission of guilt or accusation of someone else. One is the good cop who offers you the coffee and cigarette and who is the exact...

Dorothy Pine-McLarty can rest assured of the people's appreciation of the fact that the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), which she chairs, has neither the power nor authority to force its views down the Government's throat. They understand,...

The creditable Gold Cup performance by the Reggae Boyz, who made the final for the very first time, having beaten the USA for the first time on their own soil, has started a serious debate as to whether this current squad is the best to have...