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 …
The chance for a broader view of history Celebrating Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary How time flies — it really does. During this my 63rd year of life, it now comes to mind …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“The Queen is dead.” The news was as a shot out of the dark. Word of her illness, with intimations of its deathly seriousness, were couched in euphemistic, English, monarchical language. …
It is said that in legal matters, one ought to call upon the competence and objectivity of others for advocacy on one’s behalf, regardless of what side of a litigation one …
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 — …
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 …
This writer has been hearing much talk about reparations with respect to African Slavery in the media in recent years. As a son of the survivors of European colonialism and of …
