In the space of 48 hours, within the last month, Hardley Lewin and Derick Latibeaudiere were relieved of their duties as Police Commissioner and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) respectively even if not in that order. Actually, we were told that Lewin had resigned his position as head honcho of the Jamaica Constabulary …
The issue of human rights and peace is being highlighted now more than ever. This is so because the world is in turmoil and peace is elusive. Every day, the news media bring to us incidences and situations in which the rights of women, men and children and of whole nations are constantly being violated …
Justice in a Framework of Injustice? Read More »
Judith Soares, PhD, is the head of the University of the West Indies' Women and Development Unit.
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 …
The Legitimacy and Integrity of The Jamaican Parliament Read More »
When Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of the Caribbean in 1492 along with his motley crew of swashbuckling predatory hustlers, thereafter began an unprecedented new age of violence and plunder. Born also was a new era of poppycock, deceit and obfuscation. Quite a few of us grew up on this diet of fabricated historical …
A History of Bamboozle in Latin America and the Caribbean Read More »
Editor, author and writer with career spanning print, radio, television and new media.
As someone who tries to follow and keep up, as best I can, with events in Jamaica and here in the US, I have come to a (startling?) conclusion: We are in an age of inanity, ignorance and any other form of stupidity. We are in an age where the aforementioned qualities are being seen …
How times flies; to the amazement of most political pundits in Jamaica , Mr. Bruce (de Driva) Golding has survived all of two (2) whole years in office, slim margin and all. Over the next several days it is an absolute national past-time to grade the administration; in print and on innumerable radio talk shows. …
Foolhardy, Fumbling, Folly Read More »
Editor, author and writer with career spanning print, radio, television and new media.
Ever so often, there comes a point when one has to, more or less, ‘take stock’ of one’s life and makes some decisions as to what one wants to do and where does one go with their life. This should also apply with the existence of any nation. I do not mean that all life …
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 …
Prayer to the IMF: Set a ‘Fix Electricity’ Conditionality Read More »
An Open Letter to the Government of Jamaica, “The Real Secret Jamaica”
Editor, author and writer with career spanning print, radio, television and new media.
There is talk of the possibility of the current Jamaican administration returning to do business with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF was founded at the end of the second World War. It’s original reconstruction objective was simply, and directly to augment the coffers of countries’ foreign exchange holdings or reserves, providing them with …
Can the IMF Leopard Change its Spots? Read More »
Joshua Spencer is an educator, author and poet. He writes out of Toronto Canada
Jamaica’s government and private sector must seek to adopt policies that not only coordinate economic and trade policies but other domestic policies that encourage wider participation in the economy. The more people that participate in the economy are the more that will become prosperous. Market based reforms should not be abandoned. A program of gentrification …
I Dream of a New Jamaica – part II Read More »
The world laughed when it was published abroad that a Jamaican man had attempted to hijack a passenger plane from the island’s tourism capital of Montego Bay recently. “What? Why would he want to leave a herb smoking paradise to go to Cuba or to North American snow?” they suggested in their snicker. It’s the …
Dis is My Culcha or Is This My Culture? Read More »
Editor, author and writer with career spanning print, radio, television and new media.
