In Focus

To watch the devolution of a party whose effective governance was on full display during the peak of COVID-19 in just about all of 2020 is painful. That was just four years ago. But, let us jump the gun. The political and governance concerns...

Jamaica possesses the highest proportion of urban residents on informal land holdings within the Latin American and Caribbean region, surpassed only by Haiti. This is not surprising when considering that 350,000 parcels or 40 per cent of all...

I was never quite comfortable when the prime minister’s wife was made Speaker of the House in September 2023. To be clear, it wasn’t a moment that earned any special applause and, the way I figured it, it was not something that ticked off the...

In Haiti’s heart, a heavy sigh, Where gunshots pierce the morning sky. Innocent lives, a fleeting breath, Lost in a rainless storm bringing death. And even sadder, children stand, Books unopened, dreams in sand. Empty...

‘The case should be remitted to the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to decide whether to order a retrial of the Vybz Kartel for the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams’ or versions of the eagerly awaited Privy Council ruling last Thursday meant many...

The complex and global nature of transnational organised crime poses a significant threat not just to Jamaica, but to the entire Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Over the past couple of years, there has been a marked upsurge in...

The debate about the failings of the Jamaican economy has largely focused on productivity. The argument has been that our productivity is low and the task is to increase productivity. But, is low productivity the core issue? The answer is ‘no’! The...

In August of last year after a block of eight houses on Walkers Avenue in the troubled community of Gregory Park was set afire by armed criminals, even as the ashes were still warm, the prime minister visited, and the opposition leader did so too....

And God said “I will do nothing for you that you will not do for yourself.” Hang on. Stop the mad scramble to find this quote in the Bible. It ain’t there! It’s my perspective learned from several life lessons. It has also been confirmed by God...

In 2015, the United Nations (UN) declared a Decade for People of African Descent, (2015-2024) on the triple platforms of Recognition, Justice, and Development. At the time of the declaration, Ban Ki-Moon, then secretary general of the UN, asserted...

With two polls indicating that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would have pipped the People’s National Party (PNP) and yet both indicate that it would happen within the safe space of the sample margin of error favouring the party which limped in, in...

The world is currently experiencing not greater multipolarity, but greater bipolarity. America and China are waging a new Cold War that is less about ideology and more about markets and technology. The West’s share of global output has fallen to...