What has COVID-19 meant for the Film Industry
It goes without saying that the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 has changed the world. Many industries have been crippled with few managing to leverage technology to keep their hearts beating and pushing …
“Out of many,one people” – actual or aspirational in respect to Asian Jamaicans?
There were moments in my youth and in my early adult life when I heard it said that the problem in Jamaica was never about racism but one that was, more …
Now is our time to leap history’s hurdles
The curfew starting at 3:00 pm over the Easter weekend brought a time of quiet; time to think above the usual hustle and bustle; above the needless blowing of horns by …
Despite the misery, coronavirus is doing mankind a great good
Out of evil comes good. Being a positive person, I always like to take the position that all things happen for the greater good. Corona caused me to miss, probably a …
If You Can’t Hear…..
So, local horse racing has finally been sent on furlough. This after weeks of stubborn resistance during which countless Jamaicans of modest means and most vulnerable to the current pestilence were …
Time to modify and simplify the economic and accounting apartheid
The much-repeated “Out of every crisis, there is an opportunity” seems to have become an accepted concept for business and governance across the world. Crisis brings an opportunity to modify or …
From Mandatory Quarantine to Self-Isolation
My wife and I, each year, normally take a long vacation to the Southern Hemisphere during its summer months. However, this year we thought we would change and visit southern Europe, …
Social Harmony
There are huge differences in wealth in Jamaica. We range from native born Jamaicans who are United States dollar billionaires and millionaires to the dirt poor, particularly the rural dirt poor …