In Focus

Vigilante mob violence occurs when citizens, acting in concert, dispense jungle justice to alleged perpetrator(s) of a crime, those who publicly engage in taboo behaviours or those suspected to be part of a hated minority group causing injury,...

Haiti is back in the news with popular revolts against political corruption. Ordinary Haitians are being frustrated every step of the way as they strive to enjoy a better quality of life as is their right. The discovery of a huge US$20 billion gold...

“Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it is the man who ­invented the meter who made the money.” – Earl Warren, 20th-century American judge Electricity prices vary from country to country. Within a country, they may vary from...

In the words of Member of Parliament for South-East St Andrew, Julian Robinson, who happens to also be the general secretary of the People’s National Party, the striking down of the NIDS law in a Supreme Court ruling “is a vindication of the value...

The victory of Ann-Marie Vaz is not an indication that the brown candidate must always win even if brownness carries weight in our assessments of an individual’s worth. More critical in this moment is to assess the meaning of that victory and how...

“Congress shall make no law…abridging … the right of the people to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” – First Amendment, Constitution of the United States of America While the 36,315 enumerated voters in...

I watched as the car drove unto the ramp with disbelief. I had been to that car wash several times before, but this was the first time I would have a problem with their service. I asked the supervisor why it was that I had before that car and...

At the height of the post-Champs euphoria, while the big news was Kingston College trouncing Calabar in that storied rivalry, I wondered if we had forgotten about the women of Edwin Allen who claimed their sixth championship in a row. Both sets...

Prime Minister Theresa May is not having a happy time. It will cost Great Britain US$57.29 billion for Brexit, the decision to exit the European Union (EU). But it is not clear how Britain will get this money. New trade deals are being sought, but...

T he Gleaner’s leading Sports story of Friday, March 22, 2019, is quite scary, to say the least. A member of staff of a prominent government-aided high school has been allegedly assaulted by student athletes, and the chairman of the board, a high-...

Cyaapit Ann has joined her husband in the House of Representatives as the duly elected member of Parliament for Portland East. With Daryl in the West, the Vazes control an entire parish. Cyaapit Ann will quickly learn that unless the prime...

While my column is on sports, it is not just about sports. It is about Jamaica’s national treasures, in the form of our young athletes, who give it their all for five days at our stellar sporting event, the Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships,...