In 1838, slavery was abolished in the British West Indies. It was the end of an over 300-year policy, practice, and business of enslaving Africans to work on the sugar plantations on …
A recent report released by the the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has highlighted what many Jamaicans interested in the welfare of the Jamaican worker have long suspected. The report, which …
While growing up, this writer was often told that he had to go through a period of incubation having been born two months shy of nature’s full nine-month gestation period. To …
This seems to be an idea whose time has come….. Disconcerting and perplexing as are current events, it’s not as if we were not warned. One of the most astute observations, …
Super filly Atomica blotted her copybook in the Gold Cup despite being sent to post as the howling 2-5 favourite. Sigh. This only established how superficial public “analysis” of horseracing can …
BY FRANK PHIPPS, KC Decades of action by succeeding governments for crime control, especially for murder spreading fear across the island as domestic terrorism, leave communities with a pockmarked face of …
Last time out we spoke of the effects of different headgear on thoroughbreds. This time we offer a primer on how to assess a horse’s condition pre-race. Most people pay little …
“A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler’s “big lie”. It misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.” Darrell Huff, author of “How to Lie with Statistics.” Before Donald Trump and …
This seems to be an idea whose time has come….. Disconcerting and perplexing as are current events, it’s not as if we were not warned. One of the most astute observations, …
