Commentary

My last article, ‘Upskilling the workforce: a catalyst for Jamaica’s productivity revolution’, argued that Jamaica’s path to sustainable economic growth hinges on empowering its workforce with modern skills. While diagnosing the problem – low...

Nothing is funny about a naked female, catching her last breath, while other persons look on and ogle in some macabre sense of curiosity. Not only is it simply cruel and distasteful, but more importantly, it is illegal. Our 2015 Cybercrimes Act, is...

This newspaper, as we suspect is also the case with the auditor general, Pamela Monroe Ellis, won’t hold its breath, expecting that the installation of new accounting technology will fix the problem of financial accountability at Jamaica’s...

Every Trinidad carnival starts with a “bacchanal” or “people behaving in an unruly or careless manner and having no regards for others”. Also, there is always in every carnival a starting spark of disagreement to get us going. As far back as 1976...

The year 1865 is remembered for many reasons. It was a year of suffering for most Jamaicans, following previous years of sufferation. The UK had raised the tariffs on Jamaican sugar, which now had to compete against slave-grown sugar from Cuba and...

LAST THURSDAY, I was invited by Manning’s School to be the keynote speaker at their annual prize-giving ceremony. It was my first visit to Manning’s and on arrival, their distinctive blue uniform immediately caught my attention. That regal colour...

On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel killing some 1,300 persons and taking hundreds of hostages. Within a week of that attack, Israel responded and killed approximately 1,400 Palestinians, signalling the beginning of what we now know as one of...

“Which car is safer to drive in the snow: a 2013 Toyota Prius or a 2016 Honda Civic?” “Can you give me a one-pan recipe that uses chicken, avocado, and green beans?” “Write a chapter that could be included in Pride and Prejudice but in the...

Breastfeeding is more than just the act of feeding a baby, it also provides exponential heart health benefits for both a mother and her child. While breastfeeding and observing skin-to-skin contact, the body releases oxytocin, which helps the...

This newspaper does not question the commitment of the leadership of Jamaica’s police force to the widespread use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by the island’s cops or their explanation of the need for updated technology to support the expansion. We...

Last week’s reports remind us that the nation’s commercial banks are holding hundreds of billions of dollars belonging to the public sector – that is, the property of us the hungry taxpayers: our money, for which they pay interest at a mawga two...

Armed violence, driven by organised crime, has long been a crisis in Jamaica, but has been spreading across the wider Caribbean in recent years. For decades, we have suffered one of the highest murder rates in the world, with over 80 per cent of...