In Focus

Not for the first time in its history, the oldest political party in the English-speaking Caribbean, the People’s National Party (PNP), is being called upon to elect or appoint a new leader, consequent on the outcome of a general election loss. The...

Eighteen women have been elected to Parliament. Compared to 2019, this is a 50 per cent increase of women in the Lower House. This comes at a time of historic and drastic decline in citizen participation in the electoral process; a narrowing of...

It was just another ordinary, boring Tuesday morning, and I was out and about in my usual haunt. In the 1980s and 1990s, it would be Ackee Walk, Grants Pen, Casava Piece, and Bull Bay. In the nights when Tino Geddes was alive it would be Denham...

The 193-member United Nations (UN) commemorates its 75th birthday this month. The world body emerged, with 51 members, from the ashes of the Second World War in 1945 to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. But as Portuguese UN...

I like to hear people say, which they often do, “I have never been interviewed by any political pollster,” because it gives me the opportunity to explain why. Sample size considerations Our organisation, Market Research Services Limited, has...

As the world struggles with issues such as climate change and recession amidst a pandemic, a fundamental economic and societal shift is taking place. While many are desperate to ‘return to normal’, the reality is that ‘normal’ is going to look very...

Like most legislations, the Data Protection Act (the Act) recently passed in the Senate with little reaction from the public. The Act, however, has far-reaching consequences not only for organisations who handle the personal data of others, but...

The word going around is that some of the most ardent People’s National Party (PNP) insiders know that the last rites will be sung late on the evening of September 3, 2020. On the basis that powerful forces inside the PNP have mentally set up...

Jamaica operates a free-market economy with competition in every sector and is among many countries that allow competition in the lottery segment of the gambling industry. In jurisdictions where there is a single lottery operator, this monopoly is...

On August 11, 2020, Kamala Harris made history by becoming the first black, Jamaican, Indian woman to be named as a vice-presidential running mate in a major American political party. The excitement was palpable across America and even more so in...

This is a comment on the recent decision of the Full Court between the young child and her parents against Kensington Primary School and departments of government, where a policy restricting the wearing of dreadlocks at the school was found not to...

Two Saturday’s ago, I spoke briefly with a senior member of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), someone who is close to the inner circle of the party and someone who would know about the election date. “I am obviously interested in the date, and I know...