Over these last few years, there have been newspaper editorials and columns calling, challenging, chiding and cajoling the Jamaican government, whether it was the PNP-led version or this current version led by the JLP, to do the little things to make Jamaica a better place. There have been announcements made, a number of times with [...]

In the past, I have written bemoaning the fact that there seems to be a lack of political will and leadership in tackling the problems that have and are afflicting Jamaica. The media have done likewise and this affliction is not exclusive to either of the major political parties. What we have seen and continue [...]

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, the Conservative Party in the UK enjoyed a run as the governing party – first with Margaret Thatcher at the helm and John Major by the time its run ended. The runs of both Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party ended because folks had grown tired of [...]

So the Jamaican Parliament recently had its ‘conscience’ vote on capital punishment and by a 2-to-1 margin decided that folks accused of murder should be prepared to schedule an appointment with the gallows. But what’s really new about this?  Well, nothing really; the statutes regarding this sentence for convicted murderers has been on the books [...]

Over these last few years, I have often wondered why is it that the Jamaican government, regardless of which party forms it, has had such a difficult time doing right by the Jamaican people. We all know that there have been any number of issues and problems that have arisen but the seeming reluctance to take [...]

2012 is going to be a significant year for any number of reasons. According to the Mayan calendar, there is supposed to be a major astrological event that year and there are some folks who are of the opinion that Doomsday will occur in that year as well. The magnitude and significance of these events are [...]

For about the last five years or so, I’ve been giving some serious thought about how the Jamaican government is structured and what, if anything, can be done to not only make it more efficient, but also more responsive to the public. I have also given some thought as to why the leaders are seemingly [...]

Say it isn’t so! Jamaicans’ long awaited leadership transformation of the People’s national Party (PNP) is underway! After last week’s internal elections following Peter Phillips’s challenge of Portia Simpson for the presidency, the party appears to be shedding everything orange except the relic practice of calling each other “comrade”. The outcome of the elections, while shocking to [...]