I have been listening to the discourse in the media, among intellectuals and the little man on the street daily and the truth is that the band aid incursion into Tivoli Gardens (TG) will not rid the country of criminality.What is happening for sure is the scattering of TG seeds all over Jamaica which had [...]
For the first time in recent memory the security forces appear to be having the upper hand against the criminal elements in the society, thanks to the recent police-military operations in West Kingston and the associated state of emergency in Kingston and St Andrew. The putting down of the West Kingston insurrection has dealt a [...]
It should be abundantly clear to all well thinking Jamaican that the current political order, dominated by the PNP and the JLP, is busted and is incapable of delivering good governance and economic development. The recent admission by Prime Minister Golding that he sanctioned the scheme to lobby the American government in relation to the [...]
Jamaica is suffering from a credibility problem and that is affecting every aspect of our lives locally and internationally. As the late prime minister, Michael Manley said, “They lie, they lie,” referring to the opposing political party. But the truth is they all lie! The present Mannat, Phelps and Phillips affair and past Trafigura scandal [...]
In the Westminster democracy, Parliament is considered the highest court of the land. The lower house of parliament is especially important because its members are elected to represent the people. The lower house is important also because it is from that chamber the majority of the ministers of government (the cabinet) are drawn. Countries that [...]
Notwithstanding the trepidation haunting Jamaicans as we contemplate a return to a borrowing relation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), dreaded conditionalities and all, this energy researcher will be cheering them on, providing they levy one particular conditionality amongst their menu! If the IMF can do for Jamaicans what successive government have been unable, or [...]
An Open Letter to the Government of Jamaica, “The Real Secret Jamaica”
As the saga unfolds as to which members of parliament are in possession of dual status or not and the continual game of hide and seek reign there seems to be only one loser, the people of Jamaica. There is a held view by many and including myself, that irrespective of whether one is a [...]
Americans are being encouraged to believe that there can exist a world in which there is no risk, but such a world is an ideal that cannot be realized. Every action, every response implies risk. What VP Cheney and President Bush were promoting is the ancient response, if you encountered a stranger who was not [...]
When I was 13 going on 14, because I had done so well in the previous year I was promoted into the science stream instead of the arts stream which contained subjects like History and Literature that had always been my forte. Unable to cope with the work because of a deficiency in Math, I [...]