Commentary

WHEN MONEY, fame and power take precedence over core values and morals among the people of a nation, then the nation is on its way to becoming degenerate and corrupt.Over the last 50 years, we have been subjected to various forms of indiscipline at all levels...

The Gleaner's comments on the jury system are long overdue. Many will insist that it is our most direct form of participatory democracy....

I am somewhat surprised by the report in the lead article in last Tuesday's Gleaner that the Jamaican Bar Association has changed its position and now supports the whole-scale abolition of preliminary enquiries.

The policymakers at the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) clearly didn't go to either Sunday or Sabbath school.

It's as if the old People's National Party (PNP) had never left. Any impression of freshness created by the sprinkling of new faces in the old Cabinet has been obliterated by the return of the old brigade of advisers and technical experts, many of whom contributed in no small way to running the economy aground in the 1990s.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul doesn't possess the powerful strokeplay of a Vivian Richards or the mastery of a Brian Lara, but he deserves his place in the annals of great West Indian batsmen by virtue of his dogged determination and his ability to consistently score runs against quality opposition.

One of the lessons I learned relatively late in life is that we should keep our words soft and sweet. You never know when you have to eat them. All of us Caribbean people, maybe because of our history of slavery and indentureship, tend to be negative instead of positive, dishing out blame and criticism instead of praise and encouragement. Worse, when we are under pressure we tend to shift the blame to others

As is too often the case, by the time the Jamaican authorities attempt to close the proverbial gate, the horse may have already bolted.Or, more to the point, our financial institutions could be in trouble with the United States (US), facing penalties...

When does a gift to a politician or public servant amount to a bribe? I know a senior public servant who declined all gifts at Christmas from entities who did business with his government agency, because he wished to avoid being beholden to them in any...

Both Gregory Mair and Brian Pengelley missed the point. In the event, they conflated symptom and disease....

Last week, I was at a function at a police station. While there, a young lady mistook me for a policeman and was relating to me that her nephew was taken into custody...

SO I went to bed Sunday night to 'news' that former Miss Jamaica World and Universe Yendi Phillipps is expecting a child with dancehall artiste Daniel 'Chino' McGregor - son of reggae legend Freddie McGregor.I'm not one to follow or discuss celebrity ...