It's an embarrassing but inescapable truth about Jamaica - most of the time, we're a complete mess. From arresting criminals to developing industries, diversifying exports to simplifying taxes, creating wealth to erasing intolerance...
Ever since she was named one of the three commissioners to preside over an enquiry into the West Kingston military operation of May 2010, the ears of Queen's Counsel (QC) Velma Hylton have probably been ringing louder than bells on Sundays at 12...
A week ago today, dozens of men, several of them suspected or confessed gangsters who have been on police wanted lists, were at the Kingston Central Police Station.They were not arrested.
Jamaica, as Christopher Zacca has observed, does, indeed, have the larger labour force. And, we might add, is in a far better geographic location for the trans-shipment business.
World Cups are all about moments for fans: the vuvuzela in South Africa 2010; the Zinedine Zidane head-butt in Germany 2006; and Paul Gascoigne crying at Italia '90...
"Two hundred years ago, Jamaica was the richest colony in the British Empire by a distance, and its citizens, like Simon Taylor and Thomas Thistlewood, the most wealthy.
I am very honoured to be The Gleaner's guest editor for this issue, especially since the topic is World Cup 2014 in Brazil, and soccer, the most popular sport in the world.The Gleaner reporters and I will do our best...
Only 100 days. It's hard to believe it's so close. It seems like only yesterday that Brazil was confirmed as the 2014 FIFA World Cup host nation. I remember the excitement I felt once I realised that my country was going to stage the most important football...
As Lent approaches, I find myself thinking about one of my favourite topics - religion. One of the aspects of religion, especially Christianity, that fascinates me the most is that congregations will read the same book and leave with divergent dogmas...
In Jamaican parlance, 'murderation' does not necessarily mean murder. It often means that something really bad is being done to someone or to a group of people...
As we indicated last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to overturn sanctions against Veronica Campbell-Brown places pressure on the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) to urgently upgrade its operating systems and procedures.But we...
I abhor and condemn the callous, unnecessary crucifixion of a distinguished Jamaican and international public servant, Velma Hylton, which seems to be media's current fad. This unworthy opprobrium appears to have been kick-started by Desmond McKenzie...
In the fog of controversy over the proposed Goat Islands logistics project, everyone seems to have missed a significant observation by Dr Omar Davies last week during his parliamentary update on the scheme.The Government, Dr Davies said, planned to...
Imagine if nations and organisations allowed themselves to be led by God's spirit. The nation would not be tapping into the unclean things as a source of solutions or to gain income...
My son in university has taken to wry smiles and exasperated looks while I curse at the television, fulminate against rising taxes everywhere, and adjust my ever-expanding list of 'People Destroying Western Civilisation'.
The parliamentary Opposition has been caught snoring for the better part of a year in which thunderous calls were made for a commission of enquiry to be convened into the May 2010 police-military blitz in West Kingston.
For the denizens of the fairyland world of economics, where resources and policy outcomes may be easily conjured, the announcement last week would likely be of little worth and little noticed.
I am a crew member affiliated with a major cruise line. I work on a ship that docks every two weeks in the port of Falmouth. Being a Jamaican, I recently took the opportunity to offload some personal items.
Quite recently, I visited United Finance Sales & Services Limited, located on Union Street in Montego Bay, to transact some business. I was very much impressed with the high levels of efficient customer service that I received from the sales staff at that company.
The lifting of visa restrictions for Chinese tourists, which the Government announced earlier this week, has been wholeheartedly endorsed by the Opposition. This is something both sides of the aisle have agreed is good for Jamaica.
My mother was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and the physicians said she is just too weak to go through chemotherapy and radiation, which is understandable. They told my sister to make her comfortable, but this illness comes with intense pain.
