Commentary

IF THERE is a typical West Indian sport, it is not 'choke-and-rob' since that has not spread through the Caribbean as widely as its inventors or, put it another way, has not grabbed or held the attention of the rest of the...

WE NOW have confirmation from the nation's environmental authority: there are alarming levels of noxious gases emanating from the Riverton City dump.

LAST SATURDAY, the great Calabar High School won the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Athletics Championships. In spite of the many outstanding performances, it must be acknowledged that there were mistakes...

Deika Morrison's Crayons Count initiative is proving a good prism through which to view the dysfunction in Jamaica's early-childhood education system and why it makes sense that it is fixed.Ms Morrison has now done another good turn by reminding ...

JAMAICA'S COFFEE industry has been stymied due to the lack of a sustained presence in the marketplace to buoy the already exceptional reputation of Blue Mountain coffee, if for no other reason, against eventualities...

TWO WEEKS ago, children across Jamaica sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).I can imagine the simmering stress as they grappled with exam material that could determine their foreseeable futures...

Andrew Holness is beginning to sound as though he really wants the job and serious about leading the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). That, potentially, is a good sign for the JLP and Jamaica, if it is Mr Holness' intent that his leadership stands...

WE HAVE just had the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul.It got surprisingly little attention from the international media although 53 countries attended. For the media, nuclear weapons is yesterday's issue because nobody expects a nuclear war...

We are in a critical season in which God desires individuals, nations and businesses, as well as ministries and marriages. However, many are being held up due to unpaid vows....

GLOBALLY, THE human race's demographic profile provides a fairly random distribution.The median human is an employed 28-year-old male, earning somewhere around US$13,000...

BRITAIN'S CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced some new tax measures "to reward work and support growth" in his presentation of the government's budget for 2012.

NOW THAT the two major elections - the parliamentary and local government - have come and gone, it is time for the country to refocus on other matters, chief of which is the state of our fiscal situation, specifically, and the economy, generally.