Commentary

Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries I have witnessed first-hand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to challenges ranging from debt and unemployment to climate change and sea level...

Last week, the Ministry of Education released some of the 2014 CXC pass rates and my heart broke.

We didn't care much for Roger Clarke as Jamaica's agriculture minister - and made no bones about it.

This is a contribution from the Bank of Jamaica.The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has an important role in supporting the country's economic growth objective.

I am absolutely fascinated by Americans and their obsession with guns.

In many respects, the Simpson Miller administration is a paradox. On the one hand, 32 months into its current term, it has demonstrated greater commitment and has done more than any recent government to reverse the poor fiscal behaviour and general management of the Jamaican economy that resulted in a huge debt and very meagre growth in GDP.

I intended to lock horns with Gordon Robinson for saying I "try to appear non-partisan".

Over the past couple of months, I have had to make regular trips from Kingston to St Mary, travelling through the Junction road. On each trip, I have been alarmed at the increasing amount of countryside that has been burned over the period.

Jamaica has been suffering from extreme environmental abuse and degradation for many, many years. So the headline 'Jamaica is swimming in garbage' (Gleaner, August 25, 2014) would have been greeted with the perfunctory shrug of the shoulders.

In recent times, it has been difficult to understand the concept of a university. Why did we not call some of these institutions something else? Why a university?

The choice of the best candidate for a job, especially in a leadership role, can't necessarily be determined only by who has the best academic qualification or who is the most technically competent...

I just get the feeling that a serious storm is brewing. More than a year ago, Environment Minister Robert Pickersgill's statement that the Government would give serious consideration to the proposal by China Harbour Engineering Corporation ...