Jamaica is in a position to learn from more advanced nations with regards developmental policy initiatives. Developed nations provide models that would eliminate the need for policy experimentation in developing countries, in which the worst social policies and mistakes can be discarded, while the best practices are implemented by the Third World. Unfortunately, even though [...]

One for the TV cameras – Smile! So it started with a bang and ended with a tush: Colombian soldiers in hot pursuit, take out Farc rebels across the border in Ecuador and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez threats war, come hell or high-water against Colombia and its evil empire ally, the USA. But Chavez’s grin and [...]

Like the Haitian revolution before it, the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and its leader, Fidel Castro sent fear and trepidation through the hearts of the Caribbean’s rulers of the day. The socialist People’s National party (PNP) as the party in power of the British Jamaican colony within the Federation of the West Indies still retained [...]

Poor governance, unemployment, crime stalks the island. Most of what the world knows about Jamaica is associated with the work of Bob Marley, Marcus Garvey and Michael Manley, along with the island’s indomitable sprinters. It is because of the island’s history of oppression that the reggae musician, the race pride advocate and the politician gained [...]