The irony of Jamaica
The concept of sustainable development has proven to be very difficult for various parts of the economy and the society in general over the centuries. In fact, we have 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 …
Rescue our athletes from abuse, please!
The Children’s Advocate has been noted to be a part of a move to rid the sports world of coaches who abuse athletes. From the beginning of our dominance in …
Strong reflections needed on our self-inflicted wounds
Although we live in a small country of less than 5,000 sq. miles, and many onlookers would be tempted to accept a view of homogeneity, to do …
Come with more effort when dealing with Caricom
Caribbean integration, the creation of a federation or simply the harmonising of our collective policies and laws, has long been the dream of persons living in the region who …
Why do so many people love to visit captive dolphins?
By Erica Hamilton In the middle of all the controversy about the approved captive dolphin facility in Discovery Bay, I read a comment by a member of our …
Trump wall, government shutdown, Brexit and dengue
2019 kicks off with the usual vagaries as any other year, and until the 2019/20 Budget is tabled and discussed, all is mere conjecture. So let us look at the current …
We have the formula of world champions; all that’s needed now is finance
The year 2018 has come to an end, cementing the fact that anyone with a genetic background that can be traced to Jamaica has the potential to be …
Leave the oil in the ground
Jamaica has struck oil, black gold. After many years of speculation and guessing it was confirmed early in 2018 that Jamaica does indeed have oil deposits which may be feasible enough …
A difficult job for Peter Phillips
Dr Peter Philips, Mr dependable, the man who has shone in every Cabinet position he has held, has always been a capable pair of hands in which a problem can be …
Justice for all or justice for none
Recently the Jamaican Parliament has been looking over a revised set of traffic laws. This was done due in no small part to the embarrassing fact that every few years the …