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Published:Sunday | December 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

My hope for every reader is that you all woke up at home today. The eternal search for the true meaning of Christmas needn’t take long or venture far afield. The secret is right in front of you. It’s home. It’s family. It’s...

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

THE EDITOR, Sir:Where is the regard for the decent and law-abiding proprietors who struggle to pay their maintenance and are being asked to pay more because facilities must be provided and enjoyed by all owners, whether they pay or not?Where is the...

Published:Friday | December 7, 2018 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

THE EDITOR, Sir: I know how hard it is when you’re confined to 600 words to grapple thoroughly with any issue, but especially where ideas expressed are contrary to dogma by which one may have lived one’s life. So I won’t trouble...

Published:Friday | September 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

For more than 10 years I’ve used these columns to press for radical constitutional change. I’ve made it clear that I believe Jamaica is doomed unless we radically reconstruct our country to give it a chance for success. My premise...

Published:Thursday | June 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

As the Manchester Parish Council (MPC) fraud investigation draws closer to PNP headquarters, the PNP humiliation, of which I warned last Sunday, is looking more and more imminent. Meanwhile, Nero fiddles; PNP burns. Let’s recap: After...

Published:Monday | March 26, 2018 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

When I used to practise full-time lawyering as a senior partner in one of Jamaica's largest (not-often-most-successful) and best law firms, what used to irk me most about that particular rat race was the bonus entitlement culture.For about a decade...

Published:Tuesday | December 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

Every year I remind tribal Jamaican readers that these awards are (mostly) meant to be humorous and shouldn’t be taken seriously. If you see yourself in the following paragraphs and find it impossible to have a chuckle, take my advice and...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

‘Corruption’ has become a buzzword in Jamaica. Many inveigh against the monster daily. Yet, people who call on Government to take a stand against corruption start quarrelling about lost fiefdoms when action is proposed. No alternatives...

Published:Monday | December 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

Remember, these awards are intended to be funny (ha ha), so please apply your sense of humour. If you can't, borrow your friend's.2016 Dunce Award: JAMAICA RACING COM-MISSION STEWARDS appear on a mission to ruin horse racing...

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

For some reason, women won’t accept that men are different and seem intent, in the name of gender equality, on emasculating Jamaican men until they resemble their average American counterpart. Today’s rant is prompted by that female...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

Last Sunday, I called the justice ministry “unconstitutional”.

Published:Friday | July 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

Jamaicans are spending too much time obsessing about Donald Trump. They can rest assured Trump doesn’t spend a millisecond thinking about them. Expressions of horror at Trump’s likelihood of becoming POTUS are everywhere. His utterances...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

I am a terminal nuisance, especially as it relates to the English language. I believe we inherited some good from our colonial slave masters, including the Queen’s English. It’s a challenging mixture of nuance, complexity, contradiction...

Published:Monday | May 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

No government agency epitomises the urgent need for constitutional reform better than the NHT.One of Jamaica's most idealistic government policies resulted in NHT's creation in 1976 for ONE purpose only: "to address the housing shortage which...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

How long did it take this new Government to retreat to hyperbolic distraction like "hang 'em high!" as crime-fighting policy? Two minutes?Ah, bwoy! In developed countries, the death-penalty issue is a straightforward one. It's not so simple in...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

Picking at minor, niggling scabs like removing the British Queen won't cut it. Nothing less than full, comprehensive constitutional reform is required. Incremental change of a nation's foundation is the sanctuary of lazy political leaders, intent on...

Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

What an excitement on Twitter since February 25! Every other message is accompanied by ‘#prosperity’; every political announcement or suss (however peripheral) is greeted with orgasmic glee; and a positive spin has been put on...

Published:Monday | February 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

On Thursday, some citizens are excitedly expecting to participate in an important democratic process. I expect: • Most Jamaicans of voting age, having seen through the illusion called elections, will spend the day watching TV;  •...

Published:Sunday | January 31, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

That loud, rustling sound you hear in trees throughout Jamaica is the collective sigh of relief by three million Jamaicans that their PM has finally been touched. Why are Jamaicans, by and large, so happy to learn the general election will be held...

Published:Monday | January 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

 It took them long enough. I broke the news on December 27: “My sources say Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) will be named preferred bidder for CTL ... .” Yet it wasn’t until last week that CTL CEO Cedric...

Published:Thursday | January 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson, Contributor

The Ministry of Health’s (MOH) most recent attempt at obfuscation has me thinking (always dangerous). MOH wants three million Jamaicans to help combat the Zika virus (ZIKV) by postponing all pregnancies for one year for fear babies might...

Published:Sunday | January 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson

So, this is being rushed off while Old BC is at the dentist. If you see her, act normally. Don't say anything. One waiting room piped a radio talk-show host asking a caller, unimpressed with Jamaica's passing 10 IMF tests, where would Jamaica be if...

Published:Monday | January 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson, Contributor

After decades of struggle, the world is celebrating political correctness' crushing defeat of humour.Everybody takes themselves so seriously; develops skin thinner than Dwayne Vaz's excuses (don't worry, cocked dice, I've not forgotten you); takes...

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2016 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson, Contributor

Chris Gayle is a prime example of what I call 'the Totalisator (Tote) Rule'.In his recent public interaction with Australian sports reporter, Melanie McLaughlin, Chris' behaviour was crass, misogynistic, entitled and stupid, which is an incredible...

Published:Tuesday | December 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson, Contributor

I'm having random end-of-year reflections.It's 'official'. No surprises. My sources say Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) will be named preferred bidder for CTL. Apparently, the other bidder failed the funding test, or, better put, Goliath was always...

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