In Focus

T he Speaker’s rulings are ordinarily respected and abided by all members of the House in Parliament. Where, however, the Speaker is in error on a point of law, as opposed to an error in the exercise of judgment on a matter of discretion accorded...

Zambia’s “founding father,” Kenneth Kaunda, who died in a Lusaka hospital on June 17 at the age of 97, was the last of the first generation of African leaders who fought for the liberation of their countries. A devout Christian and ascetic Gandhian...

Can you imagine walking more than 1,000 kilometres with your children and one suitcase of belongings? That is the marathon journey many Venezuelan refugees and migrants have made as they flee the crisis afflicting their country to reach a safe...

I write this on board my British Airways flight from London to Kingston after seeing my four-month old grandson, Joshua, for the first time. My own little son, Adam, becoming a father was another form of graduation for him and indeed for me. He now...

It doesn’t really matter whether he is from the rarefied air of an uptown 10-bedroom house mostly cloaked in morning fog or he lives in the afternoon stink of an urban gully bank. It is the same. He walks around being sure in the knowledge that...

Attempts to reverse the ongoing degradation of ecosystems in the Caribbean, largely due to human activity, have been consistently coming up short. In establishing a 10-year action plan, ministers for the environment in the region have committed...

Behind me on a wall in the small bar is a sign prominently displaying, ‘We do not sell illegal cigarettes. It is an offence.’ I happen to know that about 90 per cent of cigarettes sold there and in other bars and shops are illegal. Which just about...

Today, epidemic levels of crime have positioned Jamaica as the most murderous country in our hemisphere in 2020 in a context where violence and abusive behaviours seem to have become acceptable norms. This epidemic has also contributed to the...

When I decided to run for president of the People’s National Party, I did so knowing that the job of uniting and energising our movement would not be easy. I understood then that mending fences and building bridges would mean real work for every...

Wednesday June 2, 2021, was an important day for all of us Jamaicans concerned with the decline in trust and confidence in our democratic institutions and desirous of strengthening Jamaica’s democracy. On that day, the Office of the Political...

Today, many people are talking about ‘smart cities’ in the world. In fact, pilot projects are going on in some places while in advanced regions concrete projects are being implemented. As Japan has tackled smart-city development for more than 10...