Every credible expert at betting elsewhere than casinos (only masochists bet in casinos) knows motivation is the most important factor in sports wagering. In horseracing motivation is important but in a different way. My friend The Terrible Tout...
In a dual narrative in the media shone spotlight on the journey of Jamaican scholars, celebrating their achievements while obliquely touching upon the formidable obstacles that hinder the educational progress of deserving youth in the nation and...
Rastafari chose Jamaica’s Independence Day to review the unfinished business of reparations. As in previous years, the country echoed sentiments that criticised the government, United Nations and European leaders for their inattention to pressing...
There have been spirited responses to my recent statement on the potential threats to inflation at this time, particularly the reference to the possible effect on cost-push inflation of large wage increases if those increases are without...
Mr Richard Byles, as the governor of Jamaica’s central bank, must exist in two places at once. The first place is that fog, that bubble where he must coexist with people who talk the language of the highly skilled financial technocrats. He must be...
St Thomas is blessed, and the people are brave, innovative, and resilient. History has underscored them as accommodating and long-suffering and yet very disrespected and mistreated. Whenever things become unbearable, St Thomas people are the ones...
“...The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history...” wrote George Orwell author of ‘1984’. Spontaneous wildfires from climate change are, tragically, erupting in Greece also devastating...
I’m an unrepentant supporter of the Greg (oops, sorry “Gag”) Clause in Integrity Commission Act (ICA). When your job’s sole qualification is popularity; when there’s no other employer-written job description; when “investigations” arise out of...
“I am Catholic but I have to legislate for everyone,” proclaimed then-candidate Alberto Fernandez in his campaign promise to reintroduce a bill to legalise abortion in Argentina. After winning the presidency, he fulfilled his commitment and...
One quite simple and almost simplistic way of measuring a society’s slip into regression is to count the ease with which terrible shames of the past, like setting fire to blocs of poor people’s housing, are showing up on the ‘today’ roster. For...
The concept of informed consent stands as a cornerstone of the ethical practice of medicine. It embodies the right of individuals to make informed and voluntary decisions regarding their own health, treatment, and participation in research...
If you ever wanted a good reason for supporting efforts to tackle climate change, check your finances – or the lack of it – over the last two months. It should make you a strong advocate for climate action. Climate change has been affecting us...
The recent military coup d’état in Niger was the fifth the West African country of 26 million people has experienced since its independence from France in 1960. Land-locked Niger is among the poorest countries in the world despite the oil-rich...
You knew I’d soon be returning to my pet peeve namely the national sham(e) called Constitutional Reform. The seed for this farce was planted in 2021 as Jamaica was politically embarrassed when Barbados booted the English Monarch and established...
The United States and our democratic partners are committed to driving global technology and innovation.Together, we must work to shape the evolution of digital and emerging technologies in a way that serves our people and upholds our democratic...
The earliest personality trait openly demonstrated by Donald Trump was his cruelty. Encouraging his supporters in 2016 to be physically aggressive towards harmless hecklers, inviting law enforcement to be rough on those arrested, mocking the...
In the context of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples observed on August 9, it is imperative to reflect on the confluence between environmental preservation, the emergence of the bioeconomy, and the intrinsic rights of Amazonian indigenous...
Gone are the days of passive involvement. The importance of patient engagement and empowerment is paramount in getting the care you need and deserve. By actively participating in your healthcare, you can make informed decisions, prevent potential...
As Jamaicans celebrate another year of political independence, some time should also be taken for sombre reflection on the nation’s history. In my work as a historian, I have had the opportunity to read documents that Britain secretly removed from...
Following the major pollution incident in the Rio Cobre in July 2022, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) decided to investigate the efficacy of the environmental water-quality monitoring conducted by the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and the...
On July 17, nearly one year after it was signed in Istanbul, Russia decided to not renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) that allows Ukraine to export agricultural goods to global markets. As underlined by the secretary general of the UN,...
Mr Isat Buchanan, is it at all possible that in the last few days you have revisited the innards of your brain and concluded that you dealt a most painful blow to younger Jamaicans who considered you, a well-known attorney at law, as heroic...
Despite the best efforts of Little Youth to keep the week’s headlines deeply mired in the political gutter, the Reggae Girlz saved our blushes. But, believe you me, Little Youth made a sincere effort to press ahead with his Party’s apparent...
Five months before the February 29, 1989 elections the monster Hurricane Gilbert had ripped through Jamaica like an industrial chainsaw. Carl Stone’s latest poll was showing that Seaga’s Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would be forced to deal with the...
It has been 185 years since Emancipation was granted in much of the English-speaking Caribbean, not the scam of the Apprenticeship system, but true freedom in 1838 from centuries of chattel enslavement. Around the Caribbean we celebrate during this...
