Commentary

Road fatalities continue to be of major concern to every citizen. The efforts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the National Road Safety Council have reaped some rewards. However, the ever-increasing number of motor vehicles on our roads means...

In today’s digital era, truth is under siege, threatening democracy and exposing societies to not only disinformation and misinformation, but also to character assassinations and disruptive personal vendettas. Social media platforms, once hailed as...

“A man is known by the company he keeps” – Aesop (620-564 BC). “Show me who your friends are and I will tell you what you are” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say” – Ralph Waldo...

Fortuitously, the cost of the project has stalled the Government’s plan to expropriate a chunk of National Heroes Park in Kingston for a new parliament building. Hopefully, this is the death of the project at that venue, which is the last remaining...

THE CONTINUOUS decline in the CSEC results is cause for concern. For several years, the results have been declining, albeit with some sporadic improvements. This year is no different, with only 18 per cent of the present cohort getting over five...

I must congratulate the People’s National Party (PNP) organisation for putting on such an awesome conference. For some people, conference is a ritual, for others it is a place where old and new comrades meet. I remember in the 1970s one comrade...

The US Republican Party’s presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, has proposed that, if he becomes president, he will impose a 10-20 per cent tariff on all foreign imports and 60-100 per cent on all imports from China. Those who...

Donald Trump is pathologically dishonest, narcissistic, misogynistic, petty, and vindictive. He fearmongers, and on several occasions, made comments laced with racist and xenophobic rhetoric. He appears to lack the ability to respond to his...

In her July 2022 Stanford Social Innovation Review article, ‘When It Becomes Impossible to Look Away’, Ann Lamont explored what drives social change leaders to dedicate their lives to problems larger than themselves. While relaying the clarity it...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ suggestion for the use of the artificial intelligence (AI) systems to help improve the efficiency of Jamaica’s courts is an inexpensive, low-hanging fruit that the authorities should grasp as a matter of urgency. The...

Today is supposed to be the climaxing public session of the annual conference of the People’s National Party (PNP) after two days of private sessions. Presumably, the delegates spent the time agreeing to policies and formulating the party’s...

We could not fund the needed highways, so we accepted the inevitability of toll roads. However, we didn’t expect the fees to be beyond the reach of so many citizens. Many people commute to and from the Kingston and St Andrew Metropolitan Srea daily...