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Columns
Jamaican politics: Give me less style, more substance
There is a level of contempt that has crept into our thinking that is, in my opinion, proving far more divisive and dangerous than what obtained in the 1970s when our politics functioned based on a deep ideological divide. For, at the very least, an ideological difference indicated that opposing... Read More
Big man move, JAAA
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Jamaica on alert but #stillbelieving
We are borrowing Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams' hashtag #stillbelieving as we reflect on the global economic jitters that have resulted from the US-China trade conflict. Additionally, the price of aluminium has tumbled and threatens our bauxite industry. However, we recall the last...... Read More
Peter Bunting, wealth and Westminster politics
The reported political brouhaha which has erupted in the presidential campaign in the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) between supporters of the party's president and Opposition Leader Peter Phillips, and those of his challenger, businessman and Manchester Central PNP Member of... Read More
We're getting to growth, despite the PNP's bad-mouthing
The bird builds his nest, then he flies up the hill. — Jabo proverb, Liberia Read More
No snap election, Holness!
Recent news report has stated that well-known commentator Dr Paul Ashley has suggested to Prime Minister Andrew Holness that he should call a snap election should Peter Bunting emerges as the president of the People's National Party (PNP) after their September 7, 2019 leadership contest. Read More
Useful idiots are aplenty in the PNP
In its simplest form, politics is about making pacts between people so that they can 'live together' in groups, etc. Yet, the struggle to achieve political harmony, or even organisational cohesion, oftentimes produce divisions. Bitter division, as an outcome, is diametrically opposed to... Read More
Caribbean consequences of Trump's new immigration rules
UNITED States President Donald Trump's new rule on immigration and nationality, published on Monday, August 12, 2019 is not different from the rules applied by Caribbean countries. It seeks to prohibit individuals from migrating to the US if they would become a charge upon the State, and... Read More
Time to step up or shut up
Until I was in my late teens I grew up between Constant Spring and Liguanea, relatively far from the inner-city slums of Kingston. However, I was significantly enlightened to the war that waged in the 1970s and 1980s, as my father was a district constable serving on the special squads of... Read More
In care of our children...
On Friday, August 9, 2019, during the newscast on one of the local TV stations, an item of “breaking news” came up. “There are reports that there is a fire at the Jamaica National Children's Home...” Immediately there was a sense of dread. Would this be another... Read More
Democratic socialism uncut; the plain truth
Have you read Das Kapital by German philosopher Karl Marx or The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by J M Keynes? Some say the best way to hide something from black people is to put it in a book. Read More
Peter Bunting: The riser and uniter in chief
The post-mortem of the 2007 General Election loss by the People's National Party (PNP) shows that, despite the love, affinity, and national popularity for then prime minister and party President Portia Simpson Miller, the PNP was unsuccessful by a razor-thin margin. This loss is... Read More
Ricketts, new-found 'Camp Prosperity' and the nation's football
The more things change, the more they stay the same. — Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Read More
Late integrity report a blot on PM's reputation
The 2018 integrity report on Prime Minister Andrew Holness's assets and liabilities is now published. Given the high-profile position that he occupies in the Government and in the society, it befuddles the mind why this report was late and why the prime minister allowed himself to be engulfed in... Read More
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