In Focus

Recently, in an article in the Observer of December 1, 2016 dealing with recruiting at Jamaica College, it was mentioned that another school that recruits heavily for sports purposes is Wolmer's Boys' School.The principal of Wolmer's is the...

Finally, the farcical distraction (aka local government elections)is over.I'm sure JLP leaders, candidates, and voters, God bless 'em, are of the view that the JLP 'won' these elections, but the truth is that the PNP lost. In the most remarkable...

Today, the remains of one of the most influential political leaders of the 20th Century will be buried, but not his memory or the controversy which was his constant companion throughout his extraordinary life. No one can be neutral about Fidel...

Everything that can be said about Fidel Castro - bad and good - has already been said since he joined everybody else who has passed. Including the at least several thousands that he and the Cuban Revolution have dispatched over close to six decades...

In November 2008, Barack Hussein Obama defeated Republican, John McCain, winning 365 Electoral College votes to McCain's 173, and 53 per cent of the popular vote, to become the first African-American president of the United States. It was a defining...

Arguably one of the wealthiest planters who rose to prominence during Jamaica's era of slavery and sugar, John Tharp was not born in Britain, but in the island.Of English stock, his forbears probably took part in Penn and Venables' invasion of the...

As the night of November 28 eases into the early morning of the next day, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is banking on its organisational readiness, significant embers remaining of the fire of February 25, and its hold...

Our opposition leader had a flashback to the days when 'no gyal, no bwoy' couldn't test her, and in a moment of fury issued a stern warning that she will return to the constituency of NE St Ann and won't go alone.Of course, I imagine thatshe will be...

Irrespective of the outcome of the upcoming parish council elections, the Ministry of Local Government and/or parish councils, or municipal corporations, as they have renamed themselves, in the name of public safety, must come to terms with the...

The victory of Donald Trump is a victory of right-wing populism, and in this case, the Right is also aimed at returning white people, especially men, to their 'rightful place' - above everyone else.Those on the political Right believe that socio-...

OK, so the American government has temporarily suspended the deportation of guns to Jamaica because, I suspect, of the revelations from the Firearms Licensing Authority (FLA) that there have been serious accountability gaps in the issuing of...

Identity trumps ideology. This is one of the most significant lessons from the victory of Donald Trump in the US elections. White nationalism, nativism and ethnic solidarity matter. We are in a post-ideological age in which issues of identity -...