In the nearly two months since he turned back Audley Shaw's challenge to retain his job at the helm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Andrew Holness has sought to address one of the main reasons claimed for the assault of his leadership....
We learnt with much sadness of the recent passing of learned counsel Mr Richard Hart, who died on December 21. Mr Hart was 96 years old when he died. He will always be remembered as one of the four Hs who were expelled from the People's National Party (PNP) in the 1950s because of their radical leftist political views.
The Jamaican Government must resist those who now urge it to grab its marbles, kick over the board, and stall the process of regional market integration because the flow of intra-regional trade has moved against us.
It's a beautiful thing to behold when Jamaicans decide to pull together for a common goal. We've seen it before with the Reggae Boyz and Sunshine Girls, with the sprinters at various Olympic Games, and now with Tessanne Chin, who is as charming and graceful a winner of 'The Voice' as we could ever hope for, and a tremendous advertisement for the country.
Colin Channer certainly doesn't need me to defend him. He's an accomplished writer with a huge following. Founder of the Calabash International Literary Festival, Channer, along with Kwame Dawes and Justine Henzell, turned reading aloud into a three-day wordsplash that brings world-class writers to a fishing village in St Elizabeth.
The holidays are with us and all Jamaicans are of two minds. The economic hardships make for reduced spending. Cutting back is the order of the times, yet the ritual of visiting family and friends, the joy of renewing acquaintances and the search for good times are still with us.
I read with interest the article regarding Jamaican firms not following through to completion with regards to meeting standards for food products manufactured in Jamaica for sale in Trinidad.
The time of good cheer has turned out to be a time of sadness for some of our neighbours in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Fate dealt a cruel blow to many families in the Eastern Caribbean when their loved ones were cruelly swept away in flood waters on Christmas Eve.
More people are broke this holiday season than last. The army of the working poor continues to swell, with the ranks of window shoppers perhaps greater than at any time in our independent history...
The death last week in Britain of Richard Hart, age 96, marked not only the passing of an important Jamaican political person and public intellectual.It reminded us, too, that there are few remaining figures with direct connection with the launch of...
Sharon Saunders, Jamaica's high commissioner in Trinidad and Tobago, has placed an interesting idea on the table, which should help to ease, if not fully resolve, ongoing trade and diplomatic tensions between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
Yesterday, we celebrated the birth of Jesus as the Christ. John 1: 1, 14, states, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us...
Mark Golding, the justice minister, ought not be begrudged his chest-thumping last week, notwithstanding the pain his effort appears to have caused Tom Tavares-Finson, the leader of the opposition business in the Senate.In fact, we have two takes...
Historiographers and the media are rushing to rewrite what is and what was. Nelson Mandela co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a militarised group of freedom fighters who waged war on a system that oppressed them and other non-whites in South Africa....
I can't believe this is already the fifth year I'm giving out Domino Awards named for the Kooky Khast of Kharacters from my teenage years around the domino table...
I must admit that I had a similar initial reaction to Mr Channer. Keyword, 'initial'. But after seeing Tessanne Chin perform week after week on NBC's singing competition, 'The Voice', I felt her soul, I saw her struggle...
The recent NBC competition, 'The Voice', and the major victory for Jamaican singer Tessanne Chin, has sent a loud and clear message regarding the talents and abilities of our people...
In the United States, a roast is an event in which an individual is subjected to a public presentation of comedic insults, praise, outlandish true and untrue stories and heart-warming tributes.This is really a mock counter to a toast.
