Re: Editorial re Divestment of Wallenford Coffee CompanyWe write with reference to your editorial 'The slow route to divestment' published in the Monday, September 1 edition of The Gleaner and wish to provide you with the information...
My initial response to The Gleaner's editorial on Saturday, September 6, on the recent surge in road fatalities and the characterisation of the response of the road-safety lobby group (National Road Safety Council, NRSC) as the 'same tired voices...
The controversy over the recent Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fare increases is yet another example of the degree to which the present International Monetary Fund (IMF)-influenced economic environment has narrowed the focus of economic thought in the country.
Consider last Sunday's editorial, titled 'Government by squalor'. It was sharp but accurate. It dwelt on the fact that the Government is tackling the big most important issues vigorously, but is falling down in other areas that require attention.
A week ago, at a service that was part of this newspaper's celebration of its 180th anniversary, Howard Gregory, the Anglican bishop of Jamaica, offered an analysis of the press that should be essential reading for the island's journalists, as well as critical consumers of media.
Jamaica, after gaining political independence on August 6, 1962, now faces a challenge regarding our sovereignty. In this matter, sovereignty is defined as being able to make national decisions which are in the best interest of our country and people.
I'd decided to stay out of the kas-kas over this year's beauty contests. But last week, one of my friends who'd been bugging me about the Miss Jamaica World contest started up again when she saw the Miss Jamaica Universe winner: "Yu mean to seh yu not going to write about it?" What difference would it make? It's the same old tired story.
The grim statistics of 20 road deaths in a week has predictably fired up the road-safety lobby. But without seeking to diminish the seriousness of the situation, we must acknowledge that the voices of the lobby are the same tired ones, offering few solutions to this nagging problem.
We appreciate that the use of Roger Clarke's death as the trigger for a shake-up of her Cabinet might be sensitive for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
Speaking for myself, I deeply regret that Javed Saunja Jaghai last week withdrew his lawsuit against the attorney general of Jamaica for breach of his constitutional rights.
When a company lists on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, on which more than 50 are listed, it agrees to abide by a significant level of transparency in the conduct of its business. That is a price its majority owners pay for inviting other people to invest in their enterprises: public accountability.
Venture Capital to many persons is a strange, esoteric asset class which is 'needed' by small businesses but which should be good for someone else's portfolio.
Three years ago, I had the privilege of running an adult learning centre in Kingston. For two hours, three evenings a week, we transformed a church hall into five classrooms to help people predominantly from surrounding communities improve their literacy and numeracy skills.
Jamaica is known as one of the most homophobic places worldwide. It is no secret that this label bothers a great many of us despite our unwillingness to support initiatives to protect and promote the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Jamaicans.
Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries I have witnessed first-hand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to challenges ranging from debt and unemployment to climate change and sea level...
I see James Forbes has landed on his feet. On August 26, the Observer carried a 'report', headlined 'SRI appoints James Forbes as corporate security consultant', which turned out to be a warmed-over Sandals press release.
