In Focus

Prices of perishable farm produce have gone up in the aftermath of the May flood rains. These are not even staple foods but only disposable supplements in the Jamaican diet. Despite the price increases, they are flying out of the markets faster than...

As Dr Omar Davies, member of parliament for South St Andrew, is about to announce his resignation, it is fitting to look at the man who has had such a long and successful career in politics. What Dr Omar Davies learned from his hard-working mother,...

I don't often take tales out of school, especially if it is the plantation, the University of the West Indies, where my main bread is baked. Yet, for the second time in recent years, I have to publicly disagree with the utterances of a colleague in...

When Ian Boyne purported to suggest that the esteemed prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines is "blinkered" on Venezuela, he only succeeded in showing his own limited vision.It is often the case that a man who holds himself up as a model of...

Venezuela seems to be wobbling. Street protests, wholesale arrests, government repression, strategies for staying in power longest, strange Supreme Court decisions stripping Parliament of most of its power followed by reversals after more protests,...

Jackass say "The world nuh level!" because some Hills can apparently never be crossed. Carlos from the tribe of Hill, reputed mastermind of the biggest Ponzi scheme in Jamaica, walked scot-free last week because only one of the 16 witnesses turned...

Ever wonder how it is that the average American citizen seems so familiar with his or her constitutional rights? It is not by accident. The State takes deliberate actions to ensure that citizens are informed about, and feel empowered by, the...

The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Comrade Ralph Gonsalves, can't see what some people are getting worked up about regarding Venezuela. "There is no mayhem or a humanitarian crisis of an extraordinary kind that justifies any...

It was my friend and colleague the late journalist Carl Wint who, in a fit of despairing exasperation at the escalating corruption and crime, once called for "one God Almighty earthquake".Carl would know. Things were getting worse. Several years...

So this is the little banana republic in the Third World, where our head of government can whimsically fire the head of our national police, especially when there are allegations that his agents are investigating matters that may incriminate him or...

Since 2000, a number of changes have been implemented to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the education system as the country prepares its citizens to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Significant to this process was the Bruce...

It was no hurricane or tropical storm, but the damage done by the recent rains has already been estimated at nearly $1 billion. This in a country that has large social deficits and a burning need for an economic stimulus.Our attention has...