In Focus

I tried my best to stay clear of the two-ring circus in East Portland. Truly, I tried. But, then, this: “East Portland people say they want tourism. I have a degree in tourism, I have a master’s in tourism, I lecture tourism, and yet still because...

With the 1973 oil crisis, the average oil price increased from US$2.48/barrel in 1972 to US$11.58/barrel in 1974, thus causing economic disruptions in many oil-importing developing countries (OIDCs). In response to a call for a ‘New International...

Included among the matters of concern in the current Petrojam scandal is the vexing issue of nepotism. The greater tragedy, however, is that this monster permeates organisations worldwide, both in public and private entities, and Jamaica is no...

Peter Champagnie is one of Jamaica’s most successful attorneys-at- law. He has the experience, knowledge of the broken system of justice, and, one assumes, based on his competence in his profession and his observations of the myriad, problematic...

“Who di cap fit, let dem wear it.” My last column, which drew attention to the plight of Jamaican entertainers in our tourism industry, has opened up “a can of worms” and deserves national attention. “Mi throw mi corn, mi no call no fowl.” The...

Black History Month in South Florida was marked on Saturday, February 10, 2019, by a gathering of black elected representatives. This included many Jamaican officials. “FREEDOM, RESPECT, LIFE” was the main theme as persons gathered at the Coral...

Twenty-nine years later, the lump returned to my throat, the mist to my eyes, as I listened on Monday, February 11, to rebroadcasts of Nelson Rolihlahla Madiba Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom as he was released from 27 years of imprisonment....

With the harmonisation of common external tariffs (CET) in 1993, the ‘partial liberalisation’ of the petroleum sector was complete. Prices and margins beyond the ‘refinery gate’ were decontrolled and opening hours for retail...

Buju Banton must be given a chance to continue his music career without being pre-judged. That’s my opinion. Some say we ought not to be lauding someone who committed a crime, while others believe that once that person paid the price for the...

I began writing for this newspaper in March 1993. At that time, I noticed that the country’s politics was making a turn for the better but I was still concerned that many of the debilitating personnel hangovers from Jamaica’s violent...

Kamala Harris has shocked the American political establishment. She launched her 2020 US presidential campaign bid with her very clear-eyed, bold, progressive vision that forced President Donald Trump to grudgingly call her presidential bid “...