“This demonstrates bias, malice, and prejudice. This demonstrates that the investigative process of the Integrity Commission is unfair or biased and shows a lack of even-handedness as they act differently in certain circumstances, depending on...
France often likes to pride itself as the heir of progressive regicidal revolutionaries, as enshrined in its national motto: liberté, égalité and fraternité (liberty, equality and fraternity). The recent riots in the country have, however, exposed...
On July 4, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of its existence, and the news coming out of the 45th Heads of Government Conference held at the birth place of the regional integration movement, in...
On July 21, The Gleaner published an article entitled “Windalco bauxite levy relief will save jobs - Clarke.” How long will the Government of Jamaica continue to prop up the aluminium industry in Jamaica? Bauxite levy waivers, duty waivers, no...
It was a normal day in violent political times as master pollster Carl Stone closed his gate and walked towards his beat-up VW Beetle. About a chain in the distance, on the same side of the crescent where he parked the car, was a man walking, to...
“If you want a truly representative and effective Parliament that acts on behalf of the people of Jamaica and not in the interest of their political party, we have to cut the umbilical cord of politics,” said Dr D.K. Duncan in 1993. The umbilical...
Within the Christian community, perspectives on abortion and buggery vary, reflecting diverse interpretations of biblical teachings and moral principles. In Jamaica, these views overwhelmingly align with the pro-life and anti-buggery rhetoric,...
It is not just your imagination. These days are way hotter than they were five decades ago. And although President Donald Trump demonstrated that climate change denial is a political thing, global temperature increases have exploded the myth that...
The recent SIDS Ministerial Conference on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health in Barbados yielded an important outcome document: the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health. However, while reflecting the concern of SIDS...
Jamaica is at a critical juncture in its economic life, similar to what it was in the 1960s when it missed the technological boom that China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, and other countries were able to capitalise on to advance their...
In the pursuit of safeguarding people’s safety, it is crucial to address the risks associated with unsound influence by some university researchers, professors, and credulous billionaires. This article highlights the challenges faced by small...
You have my sympathy Wesley Boynes, president of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association. A few days ago he asked something of the Government when he knew that what he sought was never going to be entertained. He wanted the Government to lend...
We are living in a state of global interconnectedness, where digitalisation, fuelled by new and emerging technologies and innovation, is having profound impact on how goods move safely and efficiently across international borders and jurisdictions...
The London-based Economist magazine has often acted as a conservative Anglo-American establishment mouthpiece. Its recent leader (‘How Not To Repair America’, June 10) and the accompanying main article (‘The Tide Goes Out’, June 10) on the...
After many years away I made it back to Jamaica, home to the ancestral whisperings that compelled me to write Master of My Fate, a historical fiction based on an enslaved man, William Buchanan, who endured chattel enslavement on Ginger Hill, St...
It was shocking to hear the minister of education’s assessment of the results of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination results. The notion that boys are underperforming vis-à-vis their female counterparts in mathematics and language arts and...
In a very robust and engaging panel discussion on the subject of constitutional reform, the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC), on May 2, signalled its intention to get involved in a process designed to reform the way we live, move, and being a...
It may be early but we are firmly in the throes of political tomfoolery often called “the silly season.” There’s no more embarrassing example of this blight upon the land than the ongoing garbage dumped on us by JLP and PNP regarding politicians’...
“It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to, Cry if I want to. You would cry too, if it happened to you.” – Lesly Gore A political party is, at its first essence, a gathering of men of bloated egos, each having his own directions, each...
On July 3, Jamaica will enforce the Sexual Harassment Act, which is primarily aimed at ensuring that environments for work, institutions, and accommodation are free from sexual harassment. Notably, thanks to the strong advocacy of the Jamaica...
In its report on the Reform of Education in Jamaica, The Jamaica Education Transformation Commission noted that “Jamaica has a great need for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) education”. The Ministry of Education and Youth is...
The challenges in public health are varied and many – not the least of these the delivery of good customer service, which must be prioritised. It was, therefore, with interest that I recently read an article that called attention to this issue...
Anna* is a survivor of domestic violence living in Jamaica. She said the father of her first child physically and verbally abused her for three of the five years of their relationship and became worse after she became pregnant. “He would get...
America’s ties with South Africa were recently shaken by the explosive but unproven allegation by the US Ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, that Tshwane had shipped arms to Russia. Nine months ago, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken,...
The Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery (TCS) in the Americas and the Caribbean, an initiative of Judge Patrick Robinson, which he presented on June 8 at The University of the West Indies, has in been the media. The event was...
