In Focus

This year, the construction industry shall remain buoyant. This shall augur well for citizens’ associations and neighbourhood communities that are organised and vigilant. Citizens shall know their rights and enforce their covenants while at the...

It’s the time of year when New Year resolutions should be recommended. So here goes. How about we resolve to stop policing other people’s garment choices, especially when those other people are women? Recently there was a furore when Rihanna went...

First there was the unprecedented nine-month lockdown in 2020 when the country was caught up in the uncertainties of an unwanted visitor: COVID 19. Then in 2021 as we swore we knew enough about it, the Government instituted haphazard versions of...

The destruction by tornadoes of Kentucky, a south-eastern State of the United States of America (US), on December 12, has lessons for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as 2022 dawns amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and...

“No healthcare worker should be working unless they are FULLY VACC-INA-TED!” said the mayor of May Pen, banging his hands on the lectern for the emphasis no one needed. The mayor was certainly uninhibited when he spoke earlier this week on this...

Skin bleaching and hair straightening are indicators of self-hate. Chemically processing oneself to look like a contrived version of brown or white people shows the internalisation and reproduction by Africans and other people of colour of racist...

My good friend, (retired) US Ambassador Luis Moreno called recently to ask my advice on how to help two former State Department colleagues get their ambassadorial nominations confirmed by the US Senate. After all, I managed to get Moreno’s...

Recently, Nationwide conducted at least two interviews with senior people at HEART/NSTA Trust, which is that huge agency whose mandate attempts to correct at the back end some major systemic flaws in Jamaica’s education. A 16-year-old student from...

In November, Jamaica celebrated National Youth Month. This month commemorates the impact of youth from across the globe in their respective fields. However, it is also important to discuss the importance of youth involvement locally. Youth...

Earlier this year, I watched with interest a news item shared on a TVJ news broadcast where citizens living on Paddington Terrace, and in surrounding communities in St. Andrew, complained of construction work being done on Sundays, disrupting their...

This is the eighth and last in a series of articles looking at the ways that the world will change between now and 2050 and analysing the implications for Jamaica’s future. It will be a much hotter and more crowded world in 2050. There will be...

Those who believe it meant nothing to England when Barbados “severed ties” with the Monarchy better think again. Traditional Brits are incensed that “Bim”, formerly England’s most reliable devotee, dared to believe it could survive without Queen...