Economic Self-Interest
Caveat. Your columnist is not a trained economist. There are significant numbers of the private sector in Jamaica, of which your columnist is a member, who have complained of a shortage …
Root and Branch or Beyond Values and Attitudes
It seems a day does not go by in this country when we aren’t forced to reckon with what the country has become or is heading towards. Lovers’ quarrels end in …
Media Houses And Political Neutrality
Media houses do not have to be politically neutral. This simple statement represents journalistic heresy to many Jamaicans. But is it so? On what basis, whether in law or otherwise, are …
Vaccine Apartheid
On 16 December 2021 my wife and I attended at a vaccination centre and got our booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine. It was a smooth, seamless process. This simple but …
Last Chance?
The Government of Jamaica mandated a national lockdown over the long Easter weekend. I supported this lockdown as the COVID-19 surge needed to be cauterised. It is a part of my …
The Myth Of Sovereignty – The Case Of Covid19 Vaccines
A raging debate has erupted as to whether Jamaica is a laggard Caribbean state in the race to get its people vaccinated against Covid19. The protagonist debaters point out that Barbados, …
The American Civil War Version 2.0?
Is the United States of America on the verge of the continuation of the civil war that supposedly ended on May 9, 1865? My simple answer is yes. My reasons are …
Human Capital Development
It is New Year’s Day. My sole task today is the cooking of the ham bone soup. Some traditions are mandatory. I have time to let my mind wander and my …
Peace And Order
Section 48(1) of the Constitution of Jamaica is as follows: 48.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, make laws. Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government …
The Green Future
I use this medium to offer sincere congratulations to the Hon Floyd Green MP, the new Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries. I not only wish him well but assure him that …
The Agricultural Conundrum
Domestic agricultural production is the keystone of our country’s future. There, I have just written some of the most heretical words that you will ever read in contemporary Jamaica. As important …