In Focus

In my article ‘Mirror, mirror on Dubai …’ published in The Sunday Gleaner of December 31, 2023, I lamented the colossal failure of COP28 to even create a mirage of addressing the Greenhouse gas emissions issue with the certainty that the mean...

Water pollution is a big problem in Jamaica. It threatens the health of aquatic ecosystems, jeopardises the availability of clean drinking water, and undermines the well-being of communities dependent on these water resources. Over the past 18...

My lawyer friend and I had a conversation mid last week. Unsurprisingly, it was about the Integrity Commission (IC). “I read in The Gleaner (January 11) that Malahoo Forte and Chuck are at it again regarding the IC. There is concern that the IC...

On December 27, Minister Marlene told Nationwide News Network (NNN) she’s hoping a Bill to create a Jamaican Republic would be tabled, at the latest, early next legislative year. She said: “We’ve completed the suite of recommendations to be made...

“If you are getting uptight and you want to fight, fight them, not me!” These are famous lasting words from a wordsmith of no mean order whose voice has receded into deathly silence. On December 7, 2023, Benjamin Zephaniah became an ancestor. From...

If there is one thing that Jamaica is exceptionally good at it is a delayed response to confronting long-standing issues. Despite that, the year 2024 will be pivotal as the country will have to face a multiplicity of challenges to achieve...

Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and the fourth oldest college in the university. Founded in 1314 by Devon-born Walter de Stapeldon, the college has a rich history that spans more than seven centuries....

The power game of politics reaches its peak when both parties campaign intensely for governmental control. We are now in the middle of that campaign. Over the next few weeks, the tempo will increase. Holness wants to etch his name in a slice of the...

’Twas the day before Christmas, and all over Casa Tout, Grandson KnowAll was stirring while celebrating his third birthday throughout. For months Grandma, a.k.a the Old Ball and Chain, had been preparing frantically for the state visit. This...

Any investigator worth his or her forensic audit salt should have gasped in disbelief at the news of theft of five computers at the fraud-hit Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). Why would the theft of computers at SSL be of any particular concern...

Let us begin by understanding what is decent work. It involves jobs in which employees • are productive - produce goods and services that result in customer satisfaction. • are adequately compensated. • enjoy healthy and safe working...

Each day, key people in Government have to talk with the security experts in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), and together, they devise the best stopgap measure to ensure that we hold together for 24 hours....