Game Changer
On Friday, September 23, one of the most boring courts in the land issued a ruling which, to those who pay close enough attention, changes the landscape the Jamaican worker must …
“If yu live in a glasshouse”
“If yu live in a glasshouseDon’t throw stonesAnd if you can’t take blows brotherDon’t throw blows Harm no manLet no man harm youDo unto othersAs they would do to you” Song …
CARICOM Must Decide On Haiti
In recent weeks CARICOM held a summit at which the regional body once again expressed concern over the situation in Haiti. This concern has been longstanding as issues in Haiti invariably …
No Love For The Environment –
The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Administration has, over the past few years, talked a big game as it relates to the environment. The Government congratulates itself on the boundaries of …
Eat To Grow Plan Critique And Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the Russia-Ukraine war have thrown many spanners in the works of the old-world order. Gone are the days of unopposed unipolarity. We now live in an …
Stay The Economic Course – Or Keep Tightening Your Belt While I Get Fat
Jamaica is going through interesting times. We are currently experiencing the lowest level of unemployment in our history, yet almost two million people are — according to a local newspaper — …
No Good Guys In This War, But No One Likes A Hypocrite
Evil Putin, the madman Putin, the terminally ill Putin, the isolated Putin, each of these statements made in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his actions since 2012, have picked …
Pointless Pandering To The Public
The end of June saw one of the most horrific crimes in recent memory when a young family of 5 in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, were brutally murdered. In a nation which …
Argument Done!
The past few years have seen, across the world, a slow and steady increase in the cry of China being labelled as either imperialist, colonialist, engaging in a debt trap or …
Jamaica, The Summit Of The Americas And Our Non-Independence
The Americas faces many situations — climate change, drug trafficking, violence, poverty, threats to workers’ rights, threats to indigenous rights, femicide, and the list goes on. Many of these issues were, …
The Ball Is In The Unions’ Court
The past few weeks saw the island being rocked by industrial disputes. In one week we saw National Water Commission (NWC) workers go on strike, air traffic controllers strike, civil servants …