Laura Trevelyan, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist, is a household name. She is known for her cutting-edge coverage of global news from New York and Washington. Now, she has gained more prominence because of her revelation that her...
Whether you call it African/African-American/Black History or Reggae Month, this is the month in which many of us recall critical aspects of our slavery and post-slavery history. So make this month count and continue to learn from the bi-monthly...
He is my friend and a faithful reader of my columns. He is also an attorney-at-law classified by me as an invaluable resource in terms of legal advice. According to him, the known parts of the SSL debacle are obvious while the puzzling bits are...
Recently, there has been much buzz about climate change and its detrimental impacts on humans, wildlife, and natural resources. An article by Dr Vanessa White-Barrow ‘Climate change impacts on food security and nutrition’ published in June 2022...
It’s disgusting how Jamaican winner-takes-all politics encourages, embraces and entrenches Opposition Parties’ sycophantic support of indiscipline. Readers still unconvinced regarding the utter hopelessness of Jamaica’s ability to progress or...
I keep telling you nothing in this world is as it appears. The trouble is spiritual inexperience and religious indoctrination combine to breed perennial anxiety that impatiently demands palliative speculation rather than inconvenient reality. There...
Just to be clear, all that is needed to establish Portmore or any other area in Jamaica as a parish is a simple majority in both Houses of Parliament voting to support the Review of the Counties and Parishes (Amendment) Bill 2022. Based on steps...
Last week, I had the honour of addressing the 43rd staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. Held under the theme, “Strengthening Communities Through Peace, Justice, and Forgiveness”, this year’s event underscored the need to rebuild our...
Even if you were living under a rock for the past few months, the ants and worms would have told you by now that something is very fishy in Jamaica’s financial sector. The nation and many in foreign have been trying to make sense of the collapse of...
“... And explain to me truly what I ask: Why have they built this huge hulk of a horse? Who created it? What do they aim at? What religious object or war machine is it?...” wrote Virgil in the The Aeneid in 29-19 BC. What does this have to do with...
Fomer Public Defender Earl Witter, whose interim report into atrocities committed during the Tivoli Gardens in 2010 suggested stooping down to the operational level of a child, embracing the youngster, talking soft, encouraging words of comfort to...
Digitising healthcare and health records is becoming the norm for most developed countries. Some countries are seeking to introduce technological solutions into their healthcare systems. This can improve customer service, reduce waiting time,...
The news headlines this past week were striking and sordid, but the story is old and reprehensible. For years, children in the care and protection of the State have been victims of one type of abuse or another, some leading to their deaths. The...
When the news broke a few days ago that significant US dollar-held funds belonging to Usain Bolt in a wealth-management account had been stolen, the nation froze and waited on the harsh, cold wind. Bolt’s loss was caught up with 40 other high-...
Constitutional reform has been a slow and long process in Jamaica. It has not yielded much fruit since the first attempt when the 1977 Constitutional Reform Programme was launched. A Constitutional Commission was set up in 1991 to undertake the...
Readers of last Tuesday’s column would realise I’ve concerns about the process resulting in a lurid OCA report which captured Jamaica’s attention. After admitting its investigation was prompted by a media report regarding one Carl Robanske, OCA...
Happy New Year from the Centre for Reparation Research to all readers of our bi-weekly column. This week, we continue to mine the trial transcripts of the Emancipation War in Jamaica, which started in December 1831 and was only suppressed in...
Last year, the Republic of Korea and Jamaica celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relations. This milestone bears special significance given that the Republic of Korea is one of the first nations to formalise diplomatic relations, just two months...
In response to the last article I wrote, a reader from Belize shared that the crime problem spectre I was describing in Jamaica is being replicated in that jurisdiction. Another reader suggested that solutions are dependent on willingness to...
The year 2023 marks 40th anniversary of Jamaica signing UNESCO 1972 ‘Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage’ popularly called the ‘World Heritage Convention’. There are 194 nations that are signatories as at...
It was about 6 p.m. when I pulled over to my usual parking spot and shut off the engine. As I exited my car and made my way to a vegetable stall set up just outside of a bar, three men rushed over to me. I turned and said, “Yes, what is it?” I...
After weeks of depressing news (fires, road deaths, etc) including a damaging report written by OCG (oops, sorry, dang typos, OCA) alleging predatory sexual behaviour in child care facilities, I needed a good laugh. It didn’t come from PNP who...
The Jamaican Emancipation War of 1831-2 (Sam Sharpe’s rebellion) was marked more by the burning of plantations than by direct attacks on the island’s white inhabitants. During the rebellion, over 100 plantations had buildings destroyed in St James...
Knowledge, like everything else in this mortal toil, is subject to the laws of relativity. Let’s take a simple example like names. I know several women whose birth certificates name them Janice but who insist their name is Janis (probably dreaming...
Pelé, at the age of 82, closed his eyes permanently on December 29, 2022. His death has left most of us in a state of shock and trepidation. From the age of 17, when he played his first World Cup in 1958, he demonstrated that he was way above the...
