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Recently, Professor Verene Shepherd, historian, et al, in urging Jamaicans to be educated about reparations, stated that "the relationship between historical injustices, persistent poverty as well as diminishing opportunities and development is not well...

Can we retreat to the real Jamaica that is not as 'triumphant, proud, free' as we would like to think now that the Emancipendence is over? It's not that I am not ecstatic about our emancipation from slavery and our independence from Britain...

WE ARE witnessing the end of morality, at least, for the time being.But it will come back after much destruction has been done. Morality has to do with life.

AS I COMPLETE a form and look at my payslip, I realise that more than half of my salary is going into taxes and I am thinking carefully about what I am getting for my taxes.The road on which I live, Jacks Hill, was repaired by the residents...

The easiest thing for the majority of human beings to do is to blame others for our failures. Some even have the audacity to contribute their success to their making only, but history is yet to identify a single human who achieved success without assistance....

In my last column, I wondered if Jamaica was determined to fail. As ever more countries raise their growth rates and catch up to the developed world, Jamaica remains a steadfast outlier, one of the relative handful of countries still falling behind...

The conversation at my barber shop turned to some serious matters during my visit last week. It was this whole business of celebrating Jamaica's Independence that got those involved most worked up....

Do you agree with financial analyst, Ralston Hyman, that cuts in Gov't spending to meet fiscal targets are sending more J'cans into poverty?...

DWAYNE JONES probably thought he was dressed to kill when he stepped out to that fateful dance.

We welcome last week's signing of the so-called Partnership for Jamaica agreement between the Government and representatives of the private sector, the labour movement and civil-society groups.

WITH THE recent news that one of the senior Reggae Boyz has returned an adverse analytical finding, Jamaica's reputation for noble, hard-working athletes, fuelled only by reggae rhythm and yellow yam, has hit rock bottom