In Focus

I am deeply concerned by recent news headlines that paint a picture of a relentless tobacco industry keen on advancing its own interests at the expense of public health.From the call for a reduction in the special consumption tax (SCT) on cigarettes...

"The creative industry presents the greatest potential for maximising employment for Jamaicans while developing an export market for all Things Jamaican."Believe it or not, those are the words of the legendary business icon, the late Honourable...

Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Nigel Clarke seems to be doing everything to play down the continued decline of the Jamaican dollar and the devastating impact of reaching a record low. Last Thursday, it closed at $137.35.In a column in last...

Immediately after President Trump's tweet in which he referred to fired White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as a lowlife and a dog, some thought that he had plumbed new depths of debasing the office he occupies in Washington.They would have...

"Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden ...", a quote attributed to Jamaica's first national hero Marcus Garvey, has long been a source of inspiration for poor people across the world.Having long accepted the veracity of these...

It was recently announced that with 12-month inflation to June of 2.8%, the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) missed the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ's) inflation target range of 4%-6%. The 2.8% inflation result also meant that the BOJ missed the slightly wider...

The leader of the Opposition is bombarding the prime minister to appoint a minister quickly to oversee the now-beleaguered and essentially headless Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology. The prime minister has promised an appointment within two...

Since he can't change them, he's going to train them. Like enraptured Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration impulsively calling out for the building of three tabernacles, corruption-bruised Andrew, in the euphoria of breaking ground for a mere 212...

Recently in Japan, 13 members of a doomsday cult were hanged for a sarin (nerve agent gas) attack on the subway in the 1990s.A number of factors are worthy of consideration within the Jamaican context. First is, with a population of more than 127...

The enslavement of Africans by the Western Europeans is perhaps the worst tragedy in modern history. Nothing, including the complicity of continental Africans, the horrific treatment of other enslaved Africans by their peers during slavery, or the...