In Focus

Interestingly, calls have been made for Jamaica to model the success that Rwanda gained by utilising agriculture as a springboard for growth and development. While there are insurmountable differences Jamaica and Rwanda – population size, access to...

This is the third column in my education trilogy. We began with a close look at the new Teacher Council Bill and then an even closer look at the Patterson Commission Report. We found a metastasised cancer of mis-education; disrespect and scorn for...

In confirming Trinidad and Tobago’s (T and T) support for Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith for secretary-general (SG) of the Commonwealth, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said that T and T did not see the...

Legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly famously noted: “Somebody said that football’s a matter of life and death … I said, ‘Listen, it’s more important than that.’” As in Brazil – another historically underperforming regional power – football is...

Climate change has become a phenomenon of global concern, especially as we have been continuously witnessing its destructive impacts throughout history. According to the United Nations, human activities have been the main drivers of climate change...

An article by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on June 24, 2021, stated that “Cabinet gave approval for the settlement and financial support to citizens for claims arising from fires at Riverton Disposal Site on February 6, 2012, and March 7,...

The largest survey of public opinion on climate change ever conducted confirms that most of Earth’s citizens are believing the science on climate change and witnessing its impacts. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like Jamaica, which live...

This Sunday’s offering takes a closer look at 40 years of Jamaican miseducation; the glaring need for fundamental change; and the obstinate resistance to change coming from within. After 20 years of reports from Commissions on Education gathering...

Given the significant decline in resources and the questioning of the relevance of the Commonwealth Secretariat, a cloud of uncertainty covers the twice-postponed Commonwealth of Nations summit taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, the week of June 20....

Jamaica is en route to becoming a “Republic.” In the widely publicised statement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, “We are moving on,” this message was clearly signalled to the Duke of Cambridge, William, on March 23. Days earlier, PM Holness told...

This country is not short of a stock of misfits, monsters, and murderers. Unlike the huge and powerful United States, where, say, the socio- cultural make-up of the people living in the state of South Dakota is much different to those walking the...

Equity in healthcare is a development imperative requiring, among other things, a serious relook at how the future of work is impacted by migration within the Commonwealth. The movement of labour across the Commonwealth countries has been part of...