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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Religions failing to act as the largest slaughter of the 21st century takes place
“Nah see no more fire bun ’bout yah That’s why a bare blood a run ’bout yah Nah see the youths dem with dem Marcus Garvey book inna dem hand But …
As the political silly season intensifies…
As the political silly season reaches its heights, polls show that the JLP and PNP are virtually neck and neck among the voting public. With the PNP having held a 9-point …
JFF has to answer
I am in love with football. I have been, ever since I was a kid. I am also in love with the Reggae Boyz. Have been, ever since I was a …
To prevent athletes from switching allegiance
Jamaicans are enamoured with sports. Be it football, cricket, or netball, on any given day you will find Jamaicans engaging in these activities, even sports which you would think that we …
Is new Syria good for the resistance?
The fall of the Assad Government in Syria was quick. In a matter of days, an army which was at a stalemate with its enemy was routed. We saw columns of …