Commentary

YESTERDAY'S FORMAL endorsement of Mr Andrew Holness by almost the entire parliamentary group of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), including the other credible contenders, makes it a foregone conclusion that he will become the party leader ...

Dennie Quill, Columnist"Bruce Golding was never really given a chance." This is how my 66-year-old farmer friend, Fred, summed up the events which led to Golding's decision to quit, next month, his posts as prime minister and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...

If the endorsements by fellow parliamentarians and other senior party officials provide a credible signal intent, Andrew Holness has an unbeatable position among the 5,000 Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) delegates who will elect the party's new leader, who...

I've bad news for all textbook economists whose academic advice dominates daily media.Economics theory hasn't grown and will never grow any economy. It's people who grow economies. Once we accept this principle...

That story about our high-school students' lack of interest in the sciences should be a wake-up call to us, if we are a people serious about our future. However, what we need to understand is why these students think the sciences are not worth it....

The Arab Spring has thrown up many dramatic developments, but the most impressive and long-lasting among them are those which will take the longest to manifest. Throughout the 20th century, Middle Eastern politics was, to a large degree...

With his address last night, Bruce Golding placed a final stamp of irreversibility on his decision to step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and prime minister of Jamaica.More pointedly, Mr Golding telegraphed to party delegates that they...

Under the pressure to reduce Government's Budget deficit and contain the escalation in public debt, Jamaica has embarked on yet another round of policies to scale back the role of the State in the economy.

It had to come to this.

I do not subscribe to the prevailing talk that we need young persons to lead our country. We need much more than that - or another Bruce Golding. As far as I am concerned, having a new young leader - just for having a young leader's sake - is akin to pouring new wine in a dirty bottle.

It is with interest that I read reporter Christopher Serju's reports coming out of St Mary South East. I would also like to draw to your attention the great assistance The Gleaner's People's Report has done for the institutions in South East St Mary, especially Annotto Bay.

Elected office, in truth, has become inhabited by career politicians whose primary focus is the acquisition of power, often at the expense of the Jamaican people.