The scandal of old station diaries and other files strewn about the former offices of the police’s sex crime and child abuse unit is not primarily an issue of the constabulary’s negligence in complying with the Data Protection Act (DPA). Although...
Trinidad Calypsonian ‘Dougla’ (Cletus Ali) sang Man Nicer Than Woman, supposedly by a young man who preferred men to women. The chorus ended with, “The man start to bawl/ They eh got no woman in this world / Sweeter than man at all. / Just take out...
The upcoming election for the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), on March 10, presents an opportunity to reshape the future of the institution. The OAS has always been an organisation in which achieving broad consensus...
As is not uncommon throughout the school year, another student cries ‘foul’ after he says he was turned out of school because his hair was not properly groomed. The student attends the McGrath High School and took to social media last week, posting...
On July 15, 2024 Jamaica’s Court of Appeal ruled that Kensington Primary School in St Catherine had breached the constitutional rights of a female student who was denied a place in the school in 2018 after declining to trim her dreadlocks. The then...
Delroy Chuck is a long-standing and experienced legislator. Mr Chuck is also Jamaica’s minister of justice. He therefore has a fiduciary obligation to uphold the laws of Jamaica, as well as to encourage the citizens of the country to do so. When...
Wars. Nobody likes them. The Vietnam War. The Korean War. The Iraq War. And if you’re a fan of either Pepsi or Coke, there’s the Cola Wars of the 1980s as the two soft drink giants duked it out for a share of your throat. All of the above were...
If Dana Morris Dixon followed reports of last week’s sitting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, she can be in no doubt about her urgent mission as Jamaica’s education minister. It must be a reset of the primary objective of the island’s...
THE YEAR 2024 is now history, it has come and gone. It was a year full of global turmoil, a lot of chatter about how to resolve issues and make earth a better place for human existence. If anything, the past year was characterised by humanity’s...
THE RESEARCH landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies. No longer a futuristic fantasy, AI-powered tools are now revolutionising how we access and utilise information,...
THE ECONOMIC outlook for 2025 cannot be assessed without taking account of the possible political and economic impact of the incoming administration of Donald Trump in the USA. His inauguration will be on Monday, January 20. Members of the Jamaican...
We won’t hold our breath. But if Joe Biden, at the eleventh hour, musters the courage to do something about America’s historic wrong against Marcus Garvey, it must not be merely a pardon. The US constitution does not give presidents the power of...
In my last article, I wrote about the global increase in learning disability prevalence rates and neurodiversity in children in educational and home settings. Naturally, these children will grow up to be adults and transition into employment...
Currently, our country is not at a good place. Crime remains out of control. Our thoroughfares are in a deplorable condition. Our public health and education sectors are substandard. Our economy is not doing well. Food prices are going up. There...
We note last week’s urging of farmers by Agriculture Minister Floyd Green to get back to growing sugar cane, which we hope signals brighter days for the industry, without taxpayers being called on again for subsidies and bailouts. In other words,...
We are in 2025 and one thing is for sure: climate change is reshaping the global workforce. That’s because climate change promises to transform the 21st century global economy, on a scale similar to the digital revolution or even the industrial...
“Sir, your papers are lost, you know. The officer who was dealing with such matters resigned. The best thing you can do is to submit a new set of everything.” My gentleman had applied more than a year earlier to a particular government agency for...
Transparency International’s (TI) latest call for greater openness about the funding of the political parties and how they finance election campaigns, is a reminder that Jamaica has unfinished business on that front. Jamaicans generally don’t know...
Last week’s article looked into disruption, concerns and navigating the change; this article focuses on improving justice delivery and justice solutions for the Caribbean. The integration of artificial intelligence in the justice sector is an...
With five years to go before the deadline by which Jamaica expected its goals of Vision 2030 were to come to fruition, and after a decade of macroeconomic reforms that had strengthened the country’s resilience, it is time for talking about a change...
Police Commissioner, Dr Kevin Blake, in his end-of-year news conference announced an 18 percent reduction in murders in 2024 over 2023 as well as a 27 percent reduction in rape, 21 percent in robberies, and 10 percent in shootings. The Commissioner...
What is the point in asking for something that you know that you are not going to get? After all, in the practice of law, speaking as an outsider, one of the fundamental tenets from my understanding, is that one does not litigate something, where...
Despite the long-term and continuous deluge of desperate complaints from our road users, our horrendously potholed roads achieved unprecedented levels of vehicular damage, danger and ubiquity. In response, we were told that the fault lies with...
According to the tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica, bar some upheaval, is on track to achieve the 5x5x5 equation that he set for this year. That is, he expects that in 2025 the island will host at least five million visitors and gross...
Recent remarks by US President-elect Donald Trump have drawn attention to the Panama Canal. He accused the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) of charging higher fees for US ships passing through the canal compared to other nations. Mr Trump, who is to...
