The Government’s Mask-Off Moment
On Wednesday, November 29, the Government Senator, and Minister for industry Aubyn Hill, made a presentation at an event put on by Chabad Jamaica, marking the upcoming Hanukkah season as well, …
Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …
The Seventies – Hugh Shearer- Prime Minister And Decent Gentleman – Part 111
Hugh Shearer had won the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) by one vote. Now his tenure as prime minister was being weakened and sullied by colleagues anxious to wrest …
Babylon System is a Vampire
The men and women who created the nation of Jamaica were not politicians. They were not paid. They were all volunteers. Together they created a mood, a knowledge, a drive and …
Progress blunted at Independence
Public Opinion was launched by Osmond Theodore Fairclough in 1937 specifically to create an awareness about the need for a political party. It succeeded in 1938 when the People’s National Party …