Reform Urgently Needed
I have been most uncomfortable for years, living in a so-called independent country with the head of state being a foreigner. Worse, the head of state is from the same institution that kept our …
‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica
I and I build the cabin,I and I plant the corn,Didn’t my people before meSlave for this country,Now you look me with a scorn,Then you eat up all my corn. Those …
Choose Ye This Day, The Issue Of Allegiance
On a fairly regular basis, on the calendar of the US Federal Government, many individuals who are welcomed into American society are given the privilege to raise their right hand and …
A Madman’s Legacy
This gist of this story came across my radar field this morning. The rendition, for better or worse, is my own. I’m not sure about its origin but it sounds Middle …
Public Sector Unions Need To Unite Or Face The Prospect Of Death
I will not be providing ground-breaking commentary when I say that the Jamaican worker is taken advantage of and even abused. The contract labour, uncertain hours, laughable pay, shoddy equipment with …
Don’t Be Fooled When Some Nations Talk About Human Rights
Recently, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding came out in an article with full-throated denunciations of the human rights situations in both China and Cuba. In the article he hedges his bets …
Our Forever Half Full Glass
From last year, many of us Jamaicans waited with bated breath when news leaked out that there would be a Cabinet shuffle. For we had really become fed up with the all …
Now It’s Every Man For Himself
On Sunday the 9th of January, the Government of Jamaica, in the shape of the PM, announced that they would no longer be implementing lockdowns as part of the arsenal in …
The Prime Minister Has Indeed Tried
On the fifth day of January this year, Andrew Holness, was in an emotional state before the media. Driven to tears, the Prime Minister, addressing the National Day of Prayer service, …
Language – Beyond Words And Letters
What are letters? They are symbolic representations of various sounds. Each, in itself, carries no meaning past this representation of sound. In combination, however, they transport us to limitless possibilities, allowing …
Sometimes You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover
For over two and a half centuries while African-Americans were in the bonds of slavery, the white establishment subjected them to a Christian worldview that was justified by heavily redacted biblical …