In Focus

A former bauxite industry executive and expatriate Edward (Ed) Coyne, who lived and served in Jamaica from 1975 to 1986 as president and general manager of Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company, has shared with me a collection of some of his speeches made...

Looking ahead to the rest of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters have revised their predictions to indicate a more active season than originally expected, even with a strengthening El Niño in play. The current forecast points to a...

I’m constantly amused by Jamaicans’ fascination with United States politics. These days that fascination has intensified into a Category 5 obsession. Friends send me daily anti-Trump messages on Rerun (work it out; it’s comic) plus stories of...

Chairman of the Transport Authority (TA), Owen Ellington, was commissioner of police from April 2010 to July 2014. Very few of us would be prepared to say that he was anything, but a good and decent man at the top. I cannot find anything which he...

Every credible expert at betting elsewhere than casinos (only masochists bet in casinos) knows motivation is the most important factor in sports wagering. In horseracing motivation is important but in a different way. My friend The Terrible Tout...

Rastafari chose Jamaica’s Independence Day to review the unfinished business of reparations. As in previous years, the country echoed sentiments that criticised the government, United Nations and European leaders for their inattention to pressing...

Mr Richard Byles, as the governor of Jamaica’s central bank, must exist in two places at once. The first place is that fog, that bubble where he must coexist with people who talk the language of the highly skilled financial technocrats. He must be...

“...The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history...” wrote George Orwell author of ‘1984’. Spontaneous wildfires from climate change are, tragically, erupting in Greece also devastating...

“I am Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone,” proclaimed then-candidate Alberto Fernandez in his campaign promise to reintroduce a bill to legalise abortion in Argentina. After winning the presidency, he fulfilled his commitment and...

The concept of informed consent stands as a cornerstone of the ethical practice of medicine. It embodies the right of individuals to make informed and voluntary decisions regarding their own health, treatment, and participation in research...

The recent military coup d’état in Niger was the fifth the West African country of 26 million people has experienced since its independence from France in 1960. Land-locked Niger is among the poorest countries in the world despite the oil-rich...

The United States and our democratic partners are committed to driving global technology and innovation.Together, we must work to shape the evolution of digital and emerging technologies in a way that serves our people and upholds our democratic...