Commentary

In the days after Christmas and New Year's Day, I tend to reflect on the more important and weighty issues and events of my life.

THE EDITOR, Sir:As a PAYE worker who is close to breaking point, I am happy that the Opposition leader has picked up the mood of many of us who were alarmed at the prospect of having to pay more taxes.

Here is my open letter to the hierarchy of West Indies cricket. Like most Caribbean nationals I am fed up with what passes for West Indies cricket these days, I know we are in desperate times and need to resort to desperate measures. Here we go.

What on earth have people from low income communities done to deserve the ire of everyone? Exist? Not a day goes by and they aren't featured in the news as the cause for much of our distress. Not a day goes...

Recently, my family attended the Basil Dawkins' production My God Don't Wear Pajamas.This play can be summarised as 'Gad nah sleep'. The general theme is that good triumphs over evil eventually. Evildoers prosper for the moment ...

The extreme rainfall event that took place over the Eastern Caribbean, December 24 and 25, occurred outside the annual Atlantic hurricane season that lasts from June 1 to November 30.

In the world today, marketers, corporate entities, individuals and even nations are making strenuous efforts to ensure they manage their brands....

Two centuries ago in England, bands of rampaging workers set upon factories, smashing new and emerging industrial equipment such as stocking frames, spinning frames, and power looms.From this distance, we can muster some sympathy for the Luddites, as...

As a nation, we need to realise that we have the power to make a positive change. We the people have the greater power, not the Government. Every day, people are crying about the sliding dollar and the impact on our lives...

I have worked many years in port facilities including Jamaica's trans-shipment port, and I have always appreciated the need for the preservation of our natural environment...

Many persons locally and globally, and in particular the poor, are crying out for change in 2014. They want changes economically, governmentally and in all sectors. But are we really ready for change?...

We are our choices! As a nation, we have had politicians who have chosen various paths for us to follow, some good, some bad.