Jamaica Election Day 2025 in Retrospect
Jamaica’s general election for 2025 has come and it has gone. When I look back to the elections of the 1970s, of the 1980s and of the 1990s, I have to …
It is amazing how appealing evil still is in the 21st century
The title for this opinion piece came out of a discussion with my brother. It was he who had posited the idea from what he had obtained from another source. The …
Post-election Thoughts
Post -election thoughts And just like that, it is all over. The election campaign, which was a year in its length, has concluded with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) taking a …
In praise of the Jamaican Political Debate of August 28, 2025
On Thursday, August 28, 2025, like many Jamaicans here in the diaspora, along with the numerous Jamaicans who were camped out around their television sets, their radios, their computer desktops, their …
Pre-election Highlights
The election campaign is over at the time of writing, the rallies are over, the blares of horns and bells are now just a dull hum in the night. All over, …
Terrible Century Awaits Cricket West Indies
The West Indies cricket team lays claim to a near century-long history, playing their first Test match against England in 1928. Over this period, the regional team have had a ride …
Happy Birthday Marcus
The legacy of Marcus Garvey has been intense and long-lasting, Taking a people who had recently come out of slavery 2 generations ago in the most extreme case and one generation …
Marcus Garvey and Women on his mission of Pan-African activism
“A people without the knowledge of their past, history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvey. The contribution of Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey to the …
I’m Sorry Mr. Garvey, No Back to Africa for me
“In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.” It was my intention …
Sahel States show that African liberation is alive and well
To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumours of the death of African liberation are greatly exaggerated. Following an upsurge in the aftermath of WW2 and decolonization, a surge which saw almost every African …
World Order Appears to be coming apart, but this is a time of Great Hope
This is an angry and frustrated world we live in today. Can you feel it as you move about your day, or watch the news and social media stories? Evidence of …