In Focus

I don't know exactly what triggered the gnawing feeling that he was on his way.But early that Sunday morning, I made sure to pick up Kingsley, a lifelong family friend and jack of all trades. I took him up to the house I had recently bought from...

It had been confidently predicted that any zone of special operations (ZOSO) would inevitably be "another Tivoli". Police and soldiers would be abusing people, kicking down their doors, ransacking their houses, killing innocent young men, and...

The whole country is hoping that the Zones of Special Operations Act will be effective in reducing violent crime. There is naturally some scepticism as to whether members of the 'joint force' under the 'joint command' of the Jamaica Constabulary...

As we come up to the September 12 anniversary of Hurricane Gilbert, large sections of the fourth most populous city in the United States, Houston, Texas, remain under water dumped there by Hurricane Harvey, the wettest storm on record.And, almost to...

On January 8, The Gleaner published my most controversial column of the year, titled 'Is Holness tough enough?' in reference to crime. The firestorm ignited was so intense that by the next day, the paper was forced to publish a front-page, lead...

The Bible is probably the only ancient text that any Mike, Mary or Marcia waxes warm about despite stark ignorance of the book's actual texts, original languages and historical contexts (plural).The lay critic may be very educated, but (s)he and...

Despite my peripheral knowledge of the Bible and my deep understanding of the wrath of God in the Old Testament, I always resist the temptation to make any link between the activities of men, including governments, and the punishment that the Lord...

Accountability in Government is not merely a check on power and abuse. It is a vital part of management that builds trust, inspires confidence, improves performance, and promotes ownership. It gives us a fighting chance to achieve and sustain the...

I didn't sit my black self and look askance at our history of Jamaican politics and trade unionism and pretend to be some pusillanimous observer when workers' rights were being fought for over the past century.No, clearly, I was not around nor an...

Peter Bunting, a former minister of national security, proclaimed in a video titled The Chinese Taking Over that Jamaica was undergoing a form of economic colonisation by Chinese operating in Jamaica.Quite rightly, there has been some pushback by...

The 1980 election and the times leading up to it flashed through my mind recently. I worked at ICD's head office downtown on Harbour Street from 1976-80.Almost weekly, it seemed, downtown Kingston was locked down early because of threats of violence...

Education is a human right and a key factor to reducing poverty. Education promotes both social development and economic growth.Many people still fail, however, to see the link between education and the economy, since education is basically...