For almost as long as our existence as an independent nation, the tourism and hospitality sector has been the darling of the Jamaican economy, contributing significantly to our GDP, producing countless jobs annually and generating foreign exchange...
As much of the world waits with trepidation for the second coming of Donald Trump, Jamaica and the Caribbean shouldn’t be passive bystanders, preparing to be overtaken by events. The Caribbean must, as best as it can, anticipate what is coming, and...
The agreement between Jamaica’s Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) and US immigration authorities for the Americans to help identify emigrating borrowers who leave their debt obligations behind is generally good news. Because when debtors, especially...
WHETHER YOU like him or not, you must admit that Trump is no ordinary being. Here is a presidential candidate who started his campaign for a second term in office one year ago. At that time, everyone thought he was mad. Certainly, the Democrats...
OK FOLKS, listen up. What if I told you that right here, right now in this Jamaica, land we love, where we often lament the violent way in which we resolve conflicts, there is this one thing that has an 80 per cent success rate of resolving...
No one questions Dana Morris Dixon’s competence, organisational abilities or, as people who have worked with her say, her capacity for sustained effort. Yet, there is little doubt that Dr Morris Dixon is in charge of one of the largest and most...
The 2024 United States election delivered a shocking result: Donald ‘the convicted’ Trump has returned to the White House after a decisive victory, securing all seven key swing states necessary for his win. Kamala Harris, despite a hope-driven,...
Well, referencing my article from last week, by early morning on November 6, it was known that a majority of Americans who voted, with eyes and ears wide open, took the leap. They chose to give Donald Trump a second term as the 47th President of...
This article aims to place focus on demystifying data protection and help to understand how businesses can be compliant and more efficient. We’ll focus on the first standard of Data Protection Act (DPA) – lawful and fair use. The DPA is founded on...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), loneliness is a subjective experience arising from a mismatch between expected and actual quality/quantity of connections. Interestingly, someone can be alone and not be lonely, or be surrounded by...
There have been, especially in the early days, many reasons – including technical ones – offered by police forces for their reticence to embrace body-worn cameras (BWC). Cost was usually high on the list, and sometimes, concerns about the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept confined to science fiction films. It’s here, it’s real, and it’s rapidly changing the world around us. Remember when AI was primarily known for generating quirky images? Now, there...
Hand wringing and critical post-election analysis are the expected reaction to an unsuccessful election campaign. Most of the post-election analysts would have been among most who in the immediate pre-election period were among those who were...
It is as if there is a mad-house script being followed. Could the chaotic drama on our roads really be so brilliantly spontaneous? But then, if there is indeed a pattern to it all, which evil genius could be its author? It is my firm contention...
As she contemplates solutions to Jamaica’s crisis of poor educational outcomes, the new portfolio minister, Dana Morris Dixon, would benefit from the insights of Grace Baston, former principal of Campion College, Jamaica’s most successful high...
Killings by members of the security forces in Jamaica is once again increasing, with a staggering 152 people killed since January. This trend places Jamaica on course to record the highest number of killings by law enforcement in about a decade....
Recently, the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) advised Jamaican media companies that they won’t any longer have to pay for real-time access of voting results from its information management system during elections. Or, as the ECJ put it, it...
He played within the rules and won fair and square. Politics and democracy are about what or whom the people want. As with the talent shows, like our Digicel Rising Stars, it is not what the judges, commentators or experts think. Only votes count....
There has never hitherto been a single period in Jamaica’s economic history where all our macroeconomic fundamentals have trended in a positive direction simultaneously. There have been times when one or a few major indicators have shown creditable...
Most would have heard the anecdote about the frog sitting in a pot of cool water. The water is heated up very slowly and the frog relaxes in the warmth. It accommodates to the increasing temperature and does not realise the danger until it is too...
Cuba needs powerful, vocal friends right now as it faces a growing energy crisis. Their national grid suffered several blackouts in recent weeks and is reported to have sustained further damage Thursday when category 3 Hurricane Rafael crippled its...
Like much of the world, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries – at both governmental and public levels – are contemplating what relations to expect from a new Donald Trump administration. Judging from the opinion pieces, editorials, and...
Trump’s victory in the US reminds me of Richard Nixon who, in 1972, accused Chairman Mao of China of not having a democratic government. Nixon asked him flatly, “When was your last election?” The 79-year-old chairman answered flatly, “Last night...
Well now, the voters in the United States of America (USA) have chosen their evil. As I have written twice before in this space, the choices offered to the US electorate were not between good and evil, but between evil and greater evil, between...
The new education minister, Dana Morris Dixon, signalled that tackling problems in the early childhood sector will be among her priorities for fixing Jamaica’s poor education outcomes. She has also said that no child should leave school unable to...
