Frankly, both Andrew Holness and Portia Simpson Miller, the leaders, respectively, of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP), were underwhelming on the big issues facing Jamaica when they debated on Tuesday night....
WE KNOW it can be done: Christ can save our island. Christianity can save our island. We are losing faith, because we are not one, not united. I am not talking about tolerating one another...
Published:Wednesday | December 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The fervour for politics displayed by many inner-city communities is mystifying.Yesterday, I drove through one Kingston community where party flags were fluttering in the breeze, marking the territory for one of our major political parties....
Published:Wednesday | December 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM
"Come gather 'round people wherever you roam; and admit that the waters around you have grown; and accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone; if your time to you is worth saving, then you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone."- Bob...
Published:Wednesday | December 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Monday's publication of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) manifesto confirmed that it and the People's National Party (PNP) are agreed that the economy is in crisis, although they don't quite say it that way.They are also pretty much agreed on the core...
Now that everyone is talking politics, I would rather talk about something else. Alas, it's not in the cards, since the fundamentalist has cancelled Christmas. So I have in mind to record my admiration for all candidates that have taken the field...
It's time for the third annual Domino Awards. As usual, we'll give out awards on the international scene first. Next week, local winners will be revealed. Remember, these awards are mostly intended to be humorous...
In another few hours, the Jamaica Debates Commission will present the platform for the two political leaders - the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Andrew Holness and the People's National Party's (PNP) Portia Simpson Miller - to square off in the grand...
Politicians like to dole out promises of expensive undertakings then worry about the consequences later. That is usually manifested in fiscal deficits, bulging national debt, low growth and high unemployment...
Floccinaucinihilipilification is a rarely used word. It is the longest (non-technical) word in the English language. It means 'the estimation of something as worthless/valueless'....
IMF head Christine Lagarde's warning last week that the world risked repeating the errors of the 1930s, and sinking into a Great Depression, could hardly have lifted the gloom facing Jamaica as it heads to the polls...
Noticing the big crowds at Jamaica's campaign rallies, one Kingston wag remarked last week that were he a goat in this election season, he would have long bolted for the steepest of hills, where even those with the surest of feet would be wary ...
My only venture (so far) into the election prediction game, about the United States midterm elections, was published on October 17, 2010 ('Poppa, responsibilities of children and Obama').
Garfield Burford, one of the journalists posing questions to the two panels of young politicians in the first election debate, pursued all six young leaders for radical solutions, in vain.
As Dr Damien King, the University of the West Indies economist, reminded at last week's economic round table hosted by this newspaper, Jamaica did not fall into its $1.6-trillion debt trap only because of central government profligacy.
With the Jamaican economy slow to recover, the news that there was 2.5 per cent growth in the third quarter of this year was a spark of hope after three years of decline.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Jamaicans being caught up in the fever of the general election may have missed an article by Janet Silvera in The Gleaner's tourism magazine, Hospitality Jamaica, of December 7.
Not for the first time we have heard Justice Minister Delroy Chuck refer to corruption in Jamaica's criminal justice system. The most recent public utterance about this lamentable state of affairs was recorded at the inaugural meeting of the Justice Reform Consultative Committee in Kingston.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I note carefully that the People's National Party's (PNP) manifesto stated that they would create a Ministry of Local Government with a focus on community development.
Mr Colin Bullock used to be a deputy governor of Jamaica's central bank.Before returning to teach economics at the University of the West Indies, Mona, he was, for three years, the chief civil servant in the finance ministry....
When FIFA President Sepp Blatter said a lot of on-field comments that we dub racist could be settled with a handshake, he was ripped to shreds, especially by the British media...
I was pleased to have been invited to the launch of the 2011 PNP manifesto last Wednesday.Having last been in government just four years ago, the People's National Party (PNP) is burdened with a huge albatross around its neck...
THE DEBATE still rages about Prime Minister Andrew Holness' statement regarding no job losses (one of several recent verbal missteps). Some claim that the PM was talking about the public-sector job retention...
