Remote betting the way of the future
I’ve bad news for SVREL. It’s stuck with Caymanas Park. I don’t care how many rumours (or whether they’re true) of “exit” clauses are bruited about, Government isn’t taking it back; …
Happy Emancipation Day
A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots
Apathy is slowly killing us
With the killing of the key witness in the Mario Deane murder trial, it is now safe to assume that the trial is as dead as the unfortunate Mr Deane. The …
Where have all the jockeys gone?
It’s been bittersweet watching 54-year-old Gary Richards teach our pathetic jockey colony how race riding is done. When Gary started riding in 1979, Jamaica was blessed with a set of jockeys …
Sad step back to the stupidity of a time long passed
The recent unfortunate melee in our Parliament reminded me that rhetoric and civility are necessary parts of a thriving and evolving democracy. Jamaica has made the claims of having a stable …
Law enforcement by referendum? Absolutely not!
Some weeks ago I published an article here that attempted to clarify which type of violence we were experiencing. I disqualified war, civil war, and narrowed it down through analogy to …
Mix & mingle in the Rio Grande Valley
Nanny’s Watch Hill was a focal point. Green and serene, it stands testimony to a free Maroon society. Seemingly sliced in half from its pinnacle to its base, we were led …
Tribute to fearless warrior Winnie Madikizela Mandela
There is a saying in South Africa which goes “If you strike a woman, you strike a rock.” Winnie Madikizela Mandela was a rock. She proved to be tougher than a …
Cannabis in Independent Jamaica; a personal perspective 1962- 2015.
I was born June 17th 1953, second son to David Coore, (Jamaican) and Rita (nee Innis, Trinidad) in Kingston Jamaica. My father was a barrister and a member of the People’s National …
A classic review
Cawn’t sey mi neva dida warn yu! Punters got useful pointers for Jamaica’s first two classics from my very early look (published April 6). After 1,000 Guineas winner Disability Charm’s winning …
That Hillel controversy
The recent controversy at the prestigious Hillel Academy has sent shockwaves through the Jamaican society. ‘What on earth’, people ask, ‘could make them think something like that was okay for homework’? …