Commentary

I know I'll be grilled for this one. Some of my more intellectually inclined readers will cry foul. They'll ask, "What is this 'cluckery'?" They might even fly the coop, never to return...

There's no future for Jamaican politics and, accordingly, no hope for Jamaica.Why so pessimistic? Well, we've seen what to expect from this recycled PNP Government which contemptuously seeks a "new covenant" from an electorate it shamelessly deceived to...

Here is my list of suggestions regarding the current Budget package, but first, quick summaries of two stories from my childhood days...

Consider for a moment the durability of the well-engineered gun.That's right. They last a very long time. So the Coke machines will likely be working long after he's released and returned to Tivoli. The rest of the country will still be cleaning up ...

Throughout the 20th century, Canadian politics at the federal level was dominated by the Liberal Party. Only it had sufficient support in Canada's two biggest provinces, Quebec and Ontario, to be able to consistently build a national majority.

Two years ago, in the latest published survey as part of Vanderbilt University's project to track attitudes to democracy in this hemisphere, research at the University of the West Indies, Mona, found the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to be among the most...

During Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's contribution to the Budget Debate last Tuesday, there were several signs of the growing maturity of our parliamentarians on both sides of the aisle. On different occasions, members of the Opposition were seen publicly applauding comments and benefits announced by the prime minister. This has not been the norm in our Parliament for a very long time.

There is an important lesson to be learned amid the criticism and banter in, shops, buses, and offices, and on social media over the recent Budget presentations. It is clear some parliamentarians are seemingly still campaigning, and we can no longer rely on our waning faith that maybe this time they will do it right. It is evident that we must critically assess and budget our habits.

Anyone who understands the number-crunching, head-scratching and strategising that go into crafting a tax package for a national Budget knows that that is the easy part.

How do I go about starting my own country?

As Jamaican Roman Catholics gear up to celebrate their 'Journey: 500 years for the Catholic Church, 50 Years for Jamaica', I thought I would share with you some of the high points of this journey, to emphasise the contribution the Catholic Church has made to our country.

We are glad that, in the end, tourism interests engaged the Government, as Wykeham McNeill put it, in a spirit of cooperation on tax measures that will affect their sector. What this translates to practically is the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association's (JHTA) agreement to help the Government 'sell' its imposition of a US$20 tax on airline tickets originating abroad for travel to Jamaica.