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It’s probably too late to expect Nicolás Maduro to do the right thing and abandon Wednesday’s referendum asking Venezuelans to pronounce on their country’s claim to two-thirds of Guyana. But, as he pursues this rash policy, we hope that Mr Maduro...
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The kerfuffle over Jamaica signing the Samoa Agreement between the members of the European Union (EU) and the members of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) has led me to get a copy of the text and to read what it...
Whether it’s as mild as “Smoking can be hazardous to your health” or as piercing as “Smoking kills”, almost all cigarette packets today bear a label notifying potential buyers of the risks associated with smoking. Notwithstanding, smoking is still...
This week’s United Nations report on the expansion of gang violence to Haiti’s rural communities also draws attention to the failure at compromise by the country’s contending political elite, and of how their negligence could further exacerbate...
Today marks 365 days since India assumed the G20 presidency. It is a moment to reflect, recommit, and rejuvenate the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, one earth, one family, one future’. As we undertook this responsibility last year, the global...
Yes. You read that headline right. I, Basil Jarrett, being of sound mind and body, just wrote a flattering headline to my alma mater’s greatest rival. It is no secret that since September 1, 1986, I have proudly worn my love for Jamaica College,...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is clearly on to something in his public ruminations at his party’s annual conference on Sunday about his intention to establish a new government ministry dedicated to combating violence in the society. “I’m thinking...
The border controversy existing between Guyana and Venezuela is a David and Goliath affair which has been long in the making. It is not a new issue. It has been on the agenda of the conferences of heads of government of the Caribbean Community (...
“There is no Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is a brutal Israeli occupation Which must come to its end One way or the other.” - Gideon Levy, Member, Editorial Board, Haaretz, Israeli Newspaper Prime Minister Benjamin...
The short-term political and economic impulses for the Government’s steep reduction in fares charged by the state-owned bus company are obvious. And the move is likely to be popular. Already, the cuts have been embraced by the political...
What do we do when we live in a constitutional democracy and those we have elected and employed to act on our behalf operate in a manner that opposes the very tenets of the constitution and the principles of our democracy? What do we do when our...
It’s time for another visit to favourite fantasyland, Apocrypha, where all politicians are friends and Oma D’unn solves political dilemmas by parable. Regular readers remember Oma, a former finance minister, who, like a moon, is bright only in the...
Recently, I posted a question on my Facebook page, “Why are so many people who express pro-Palestinian sentiments being censored?” In a conversation with one of my Facebook friends about the post, I mentioned that you can get in trouble for flying...
It is Lord Reed’s right, if he so pleases, to inject himself into the debate over the future of the Privy Council as Jamaica’s final court, and to impugn the arguments of former brothers of the Bench. But in throwing old colleagues under the bus,...
Mention was made in a previous writing about the low appreciation of the value of moral capital in Jamaica. In fact, many question the existence of such a thing. After all, “money talks, s--- walks”. For others, when you have political power, or...
Phillip Williams, in a letter to the editor dated October 27 titled, ‘Ban on recruitment will hurt students the most’, declares that, if schools were prevented from bringing in children based on their sports ability (in other words, if schools were...
