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 …
The warning written in water – Part 1
Melissa is not some ‘Mali Gripe an’ Fluxxy Complaint,’ In Jamaican folk speech, few expressions separate the trifling from the tragic as clearly as the phrase “Mali gripe an’ fluxxy complaint.” …
Juneteenth
I was recently at a Yoga class in Florida when out of the blue, the instructor, who is a white lady who appears to be in her early 70s, stopped mid-sentence her regular …
Cryptocurrency, Another Name For Scamming
The story is told about a couple who was shown a fancy brochure selling lots in a fancy upscale retirement community. The glossy document sold the place as heaven on earth, …
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 …
Governor General Allen
Since independence in 1962, Jamaica has had eight Governors General — seven locals and one British. These are the people who represent the British Monarchy which we, inexplicably, unlike some other of the …
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, …
Will The Real Victims Stand Up Please!
“Sometimes in our story we are the victim, sometimes the martyr and sometimes the villain.” Jenny C. Bell, In the Cave of my Heart: Poems Whites, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latino …
Mass Shootings Will Continue Until US Addresses The Corrupt System Of Lobbying…
I find most members of the Republican Party in the USA (aka conservatives) very dangerous indeed. For if their philosophy is to be believed, when young children who are raped or have been …
I Don’t Know
Lamentation? I don’t know. Another shooting. Another massacre. Children mostly. And we take it in stride, as we always do. We move on, not because we want to, but because we …
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 …