“If all citizens are equal, a pedestrian has a right to the same amount of road space as somebody in a Porsche ... if all citizens are equal, somebody on a bicycle has a right to the same amount of road space as somebody in a luxury car. If all...
RECENTLY, AN itinerant preacher was doing his rounds when he selected a JUTC bus for his platform. He was challenged to stop the preaching. This was offered by a fellow passenger who was quite irate about the matter. The social media post on the...
BULLYING AND bullies are now affirmed internationally. It is shocking to see the world of politics. If the goal of winning is being served, anything goes! Traditional Republicans must feel as if they are in the twilight zone as their party...
SEPTEMBER 4 marked World Sexual Health Day. It went by quietly for most people in the space of church, wider religious contexts and the world in general. Not because sexual health is not a matter for engagement in the church. But maybe because...
The Sunday Gleaner of April 21 carried a piece captioned ‘A kiss then heartache’. The reporter Christopher Thomas noted, “A St James mother is fuming, months after her 16-year-old daughter’s expulsion from St James High School as she faces...
WHEN PEOPLE commit crimes, violating and causing harm to others, a punitive society often lacks time and patience with practically accommodating rehabilitation on a wide scale. In fact, it is never easy to reach out in compassion to those who have...
RELIGION CONTINUES to have much appeal to a largely conservative population in Jamaica. Politicians and religious leaders know this! Writing in The S unday Gleaner of September 11, 2022, under ‘Human rights and the MOEY’s dress and grooming policy...
SOME QUESTIONS and concerns arose from the column on Sunday, May 7, calling for more positive sensitivity towards LGBTQ+ youth. It is always interesting to see how the subject is a sure gas lighter in the Jamaican church context. People will...
Haiti, Jamaica’s next-door neighbour, continues to suffer from the plight of an internationally orchestrated demise brought on a people who were also victims of slavery, colonial rule, and capitalist exploitation. This country, which saw itself...
Politicians and pastors should beware of preaching anti-human rights sentiments. In a country where crime and violence have us in a state of disgust and frustration, you ight easily predict what the response will be when you ground a call for the...
