Commentary

The Internet, smart phones, and computers are among the tools needed in the current age to navigate daily tasks. But it is easily recognised that there is a significant gap between those who are tech-savvy and those who are not. Senior citizens are...

Because my columns have been running for more than 32 years in the Barbados Nation and other newspapers, especially the The Gleaner, I try to read all of them. What I never miss is The Gleaner’s Thursday column, ‘Stranger Than Fiction’. They always...

Last week’s article looked at how ‘poppy show’ politics is sometimes utilised by our political parties to get easily excitable Jamaicans to vote for them. Of note, was Vybz Kartel’s appearance on the People’s National Party’s (PNP’s) 86th annual...

The Gleaner welcomes, and in a sense feels itself vindicated by the announcement, that the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is establishing a satellite campus in Suriname, in conjunction with that country’s Maritime Authority and its Foundation...

The Integrity Commission’s (IC) report into Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ finances raises important questions about how persons who assume high public office should manage their private assets, including whether these should be placed in blind...

The United Nations (UN) Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow was convened in New York, September 22-23 during the 79th General Assembly and prior to its annual high-level debate. It is reported that at least 133 heads...

The existence of the Integrity Commission (IC), which has been the subject of searing attacks in recent times, isn’t a luxury. Neither are other oversight bodies, such as the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which, too, will likely become a...

On Sunday, September 15, the People’s National Party (PNP) held its 86th annual conference. During the event, dancehall artiste Adidja Palmer (aka Vybz Kartel) appeared on the platform to thunderous applause. Kartel was recently released from...

For decades, politicians in both parties have bemoaned a US immigration system that virtually all call broken. Attempts at comprehensive reform have failed, and popular emotion and partisan rancour have hit a new high over the last two years as...

One of the most difficult speeches for a Jamaican politician is the speech of the political parties’ leaders at their respective annual conferences. This year’s conferences, perhaps the last for either party leader before the next general election...

Having made progress at his party’s conference a week ago, Mark Golding should not now lose it all in salivating over the possible implosion of the Holness administration. For even if that were to happen because of the corruption-related...

Between the two main political parties, there is a residual 30 to 35 per cent faithful, who will never vote against their ‘born’ party. Within those groups are some of my dearest friends, for whom the party leaders can do no wrong and their...