The People Are Beyond Apathy, And That Should Worry Us
The recent cultic operations in a St James church which culminated in the ritual sacrifice of two of the parishioners has caused a stir in Jamaica. This is understandable. In my …
To the political cynics – you cannot have your cake and eat it
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 …
A last opportunity for the silent majority
The talk of the time has switched from COVID-19 to elements of corruption and nepotism surrounding political “stars” as we approach an electoral period. Two well-respected pollsters concur that corruption is …
IT MAKES ME SICK!
Once again Jamaicans must listen to regular bleating from MPs about their “low” salaries. Robert “Chicken Feed” Pickersgill called it chicken feed. Yet so many politicians contest run-offs in order to …
Good Bad Words
Listening to RJR’s Beyond the Headlines programme on the evening of Friday August 16, 2019, I heard Senator Dr. Andre Haughton, University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, speaking contemptuously of …
This certainly is not a people’s budget
The reading and debating of this year’s budget have been interesting in quite a few areas. First of all it is interesting to note that the Government has indeed managed to …