Commentary

Tanika Tugwell is a 33-year-old teacher from Montego Bay, St James, who has not even considered voting.She says she has no interest because, as far as she is concerned, the major parties are not keeping up their end of the bargain...

The sacking of Patrick Wong as head of the National Works Agency (NWA) is reasonable proof that Prime Minister Andrew Holness was treated to a malodorous whiff from the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which he felt was potentially...

Think of Jamaica as a household. We've mortgaged the house, maxed out the credit cards, sold the car and auctioned the furniture. We've locked off the phone to hide from the debt collectors, eaten the yard fowl, and still we have no idea...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness' decision to wrest the Government's flagship project, the weightily named Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), from the grasp of Works Minister Mike Henry confirms that he is concerned about the messy...

British Prime Minister David Cameron's threat to cut off financial aid to countries that fail to uphold human rights, including the oppression of homosexuals, had me taking another look at the relevant section within The Offences Against The Person...

Dissatisfaction with elected officials and governments is running high worldwide, driven, in many instances, by economic austerity and the hardships arising from the global recession.

In recent days, potential buyers have been rummaging through boxes of Wild West artefacts in a large, old building in the city of Harrisburg in the American state of Pennsylvania.

I am frustrated and annoyed at our transport system, both government and private. The bus that I take is supposed to travel to Lawrence Tavern. In the mornings, it's a little okay, but in the evenings, that's when the problems develop.

I got a letter from David Cameron two days ago. It was a red-letter day for me. In fact, the letter wasn't just red, it was well read. David Cameron is the current prime minister of the United Kingdom. This is the first real letter that I ever got from a prime minister.

Our nation's emergency reporting system (119/110, soon to be changed to 911/112), needs to be streamlined to be on par with those of other countries. Why is it so hard to report an emergency in Jamaica?

In the year 2004, a survey by Dr Dennis Minott of the 2003 CXC results showed Balaclava High School rated above Black River High, St Thomas Technical, St Elizabeth Technical, Holmwood Technical, Vere Technical, Dinthill Technical and St George's College, among some other schools.

To say there is absolute confusion within the ranks of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is stating the very obvious. On the one hand, we have two of the highest-ranking members of the CFU...