The idiom “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” means that a person cannot simultaneously possess an item and consume it. Metaphorically speaking, it means that a person cannot enjoy the …
The Government of Jamaica’s (GOJ) 2021/22 budget is a fiscal consolidation budget chiselled by the realities of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Fiscal consolidation is the deliberate policy intent to mitigate fiscal …
“No war except the class war” — an interesting and beautiful statement that has been on the lips of Marxists and other members of the left for centuries. The statement has …
Having recently retired I decided to apply for, what I thought, was my livable, well-deserved and hard-earned State pension that, over the last 32 years, I willingly complied and contributed to …
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, …
Today I would like to introduce some personal thoughts that could be among factors affecting Jamaica and our performance, potential, and attitudes related to the failing or at best very low …
It is clear that the run-away incidence of Covid 19 in Jamaica is grave but anyone could have told the authorities that if they failed to enforce regulations to keep the population safe, …
I don’t mind if you consider me a prophetess of doom, but for decades I have been warning that corruption is going to be the death of our beautiful little country. …
“Low, stable and predictable inflation is to the economy what the baseline is to reggae,” declares the voice over Tarrus Riley’s Gimme Likkle One Drop take-off. “High inflation is a wicked …
I’ve noticed local horse racing promoter (SVREL) is taking small steps towards online betting, including partnering with online betting services. This is a good thing. Yet it continues to cram hundreds …
So often the kindness of those who cleared the path and carried the torch for us so that we are better today than we were yesterday is forgotten. Are there roads …
