Commentary

All politics is local, it is often said. If politicians are to make a difference in the development of the country, they had better start paying greater attention to their constituencies....

Little noted, and mostly unremarked, a significant era in the English-speaking Caribbean's modern political history closed this week.In Antigua, Lester Bird, 74, was soundly beaten for the leadership of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) by his deputy ...

It has long been claimed that threats against their lives and fear of other forms of reprisals often deter witnesses from giving evidence in criminal cases in Jamaica.

Sixteen SUVs? Say it ain't so! Tell me I misheard. Or misunderstood. Not 16 brand new SUVs. Plus five more luxury cars. When tax waivers are included, my conservative estimate of the taxpayers' cost is more than $100 million.

I knew something was amiss the second the garbage collector started smiling. "Mawning bossy," said he with an enthusiastic wave. Stunned by this unusual display of civility...

I usually have my cellphone off during working hours because the plethora of calls, emails (from two email addresses), WhatsApp messages, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) messages and text messages are far too distracting and time-consuming for me to get...

Below is an edited speech by Don Wehby, CEO of GraceKennedy, at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce directors' luncheon forum at The Knutsford Court Hotel on Wednesday, November 21.

I had dismissed as not even a good joke Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke's announcement of the Government's intention of looking into corn production as a means of reducing Jamaica's huge import bill. That was until I read online a story published by The Gleaner on Friday, November 16 and realised he had taken the joke too far.

Three disconcerting reports that came to public attention last week highlighted the entrenched nature of the bling subculture in the psyche of many Jamaicans, including our politicians.

It's easy to explain. But this country's private firms are largely missing in Jamaica's deepening economic relationship with China, except, perhaps, as importers of Chinese goods.

Sometime ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly shared the view that the United States' embargo against Cuba helps the Castros, noting, "It is my personal belief that the Castros do not want to see an end to the embargo, and do not want to see normalisation with the United States."

Having attended a number of formal and informal events recently, I am convinced that our women are engaging in a masochistic ritual when they put on a pair of six-inch (or more) heels.