In Focus

When I was a child growing up in Brown's Town, St Ann, my closest neighbour was Baron Morris. Last year, Baron and his wife visited Jamaica. He was travelling in the country when he had some cardiac complications and was admitted to a rural hospital...

Irrespective of which political party wins the next election - whenever it is called - it is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will assume power. Despite all the prancing and tracing on the campaign trail, and the promises of Utopia being...

The recent US$200-million investment by New Fortress Energy to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to supply the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Old Harbour 190-megawatt power plant is a clear vote of confidence in Jamaica and its...

A vote is a positive statement of personal support for someone or something. A vote is NOT an enforced choice between two evils. A vote is your personal right, NOT duty or obligation.No citizen should EVER be made to feel he/she must support...

Prior to the introduction of the no-tuition fee policy in September 2007, cost-sharing was used to finance education at the secondary level. Cost-sharing placed an obligation on parents to pay fees that were sanctioned and set by the Government....

The way Finance Minister Peter Phillips puts it, we should be absolutely elated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to reduce the exceptionally high primary surplus target (PST) for Jamaica from 7.5% to 7.25% for the second half...

Those who got away with propaganda and falsehood in elections of yesteryear may very well regard social media and the plethora of information available to the public as a result of advances in technology as the bane of their existence.Claims...

As the dead babies scandal goes beyond individual pain and national tragedy and seeps into every crack of the People's National Party's political campaign, and amid the prime minister's stripping of the health portfolio from Fenton Ferguson, a quiet...

The statistics on the current murder scene are important, especially along with other data. Even more crucial is the analysis of the stats. And an eye-opener, at least for some people, is the conclusion that follows.The statistics, according to last...