In Focus

I read with interest Mark Ricketts' two-part series of articles (last published on October 14, 2018) commenting on Party Leader Dr Peter Phillips' presentation on the final day of the People's National Party's Annual Conference in September.Although...

By the time you read this column, you will know that the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will have completed two-thirds of its annual conference, and today, Sunday, PM Andrew Holness will seek to deliver his best speech in the hope of...

The verdict is in. Constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown has been convicted on three counts of murder.I personally do not like the word 'verdict', and it is not because of how clumsily it rolls off the tongue. Rather, given that law is not science and...

As a regional institution of CARICOM, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has led in fostering the spirit of regionalism and giving relevance to fostering Caribbean solidarity despite the disappointing political odds against it, which has...

On the occasion of the 31st anniversary of this eclectic column, what should the columnist write about?It would be an interesting exercise, certainly for the writer, to go back and look at what was written about for the first column each November...

While I'm still trapped in a bubble ventilated by the warm glow of goodwill and injected with milk-of-human-kindness hallucinogens by assisted-living facility caretakers, it's a fine time to applaud some of the good done by political leaders.Long...

History is an amazing teacher. However, too many political leaders and analysts have apparently skipped the class, and, therefore, epitomise the dumb in referendum.Within three days, there were three such elections. Two in the Anglophone Caribbean...

The Jamaican media should be commended for keeping the issues associated with urbanisation in Jamaica front and centre of public discourse. Television coverage and the various editorials, particularly the editorial page of Thursday, October 25, 2018...

When a citizen exercises his right and goes out on a limb to actively support the police by telling what he knows about crime and then is threatened by insiders, it signals that many people are justified in 'see and blind, hear and deaf'.The message...

The events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have sparked a national debate in the United States about the removal of public statues or monuments that honour Confederate leaders. The Confederacy was the period between 1861 and 1865 when 11 Southern...

Last week, I wrote a column with irrefutable facts regarding the lie that Jamaica is the 'most' homophobic country in the world. True to form, two individuals attacked me in a fashion reminiscent of primary-school girls. However, this does not...

Jamaica was invaded in 1655 by the English, who captured the island from Spain. England was emerging as a world power and challenged the hegemony of Spain. The purpose of the invasion was for commerce and political influence.Fast-forward to 2010,...