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Columns
The deepening culture of resignation
In the early 1960s my family moved to the Washington Gardens area of Kingston. It was a time when Pembroke Hall was under construction and Hughenden was a large orange grove with a great house, while Duhaney Park was one large callaloo garden and bush. Read More
Save the last dance for me
The art of dancing cheek to cheek went out with the advent of dancehall music in the mid-1980s. It's truly a generation thing, because while the older ones among us will still do a ballroom twirl, the young and the middle-aged of today's generation have confined... Read More
More on Bob Marley and some of those who made him great
(In continuing our series of serialising sections of the book Jones Town Trench Town The Journey Back written by former Jamaica cricketer, economist and politician Paul Buchanan, today we continue with a look at the life and work of the legendary Jamaican reggae great Robert Nesta... Read More
A mind to work – Part 2
The urgent need for national transformation cannot be overstated. All our national energy should be focused in that direction. It will not happen by chance. It has to be intentional. Read More
Should China build our Parliament at Heroes' Park?
Our new uber-democratic Parliament building may be designed and built by communist China — wow! But then, we could not eat, have health care, education or security, were it not for foreigners, and China is the new kid. Oh, to be sovereign, self-reliant and build... Read More
Serious answers to serious questions
SICK to the stomach… Fed up… Can't believe it, can't escape it. The odour of destruction of life, especially women's, is making us gag everywhere… What have our women done to deserve this? What are the mad men trying to prove as they rob women of the precious gift of... Read More
Let's trim the thorns
One Bible story that may be applied to today's world is the Parable of the Sower. The parable details what takes place as a farmer goes about sowing seeds. As he walked across his land, some of the seeds fell by the wayside and birds ate them. Others... Read More
From piracy to scamming
Last Friday, I overheard a mother telling her teenaged daughter not to follow the bad example of one of her friends at school. She told her daughter that when she gets the PATH money, she should spend it on the skills training that she requested. Apparently another... Read More
Jamaica cannot accept or condone the abominable crime of buggery
An edited version of the Marcus Garvey Peoples' Political Party's submission last week to the joint select committee of Parliament reviewing the Sexual Offences Act. The submission was made by the party's president, Heru Ishakamusa... Read More
Protests a chilling reminder Venezuela running out of options
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” — Sir Winston Churchill. Read More
Jamaica, land we love… and hate
The euphoria at the National Stadium last Saturday night, as the curtains came down on track icon Usain Bolt's glitzy career as a national and international legend in his beloved homeland, was only experienced twice before in Jamaica. Firstly, when we attained political... Read More
China's policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean enhances cooperation with Jamaica
China's new policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean is best elaborated in its Second Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), issued in November 2016 after President Xi Jinping's third visit to LAC in four years. This new policy, if implemented, is... Read More
Yes, we need a new Parliament building, but let's do it right
The question was recently posed to me: w hy were the professionals [in the construction industry] so focused on the Parliament building as a concern? There are four major things that architects and other local professionals would like... Read More
Bitter-sweet visit to Jamaica
I am just getting back to the US after a quick trip to Jamaica, the purpose of which was to provide some consultation to a business owner and very close friend of mine. Read More
Bob Marley's legacy and a look at Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh
(In continuing our series of serialising sections of the book Jones Town Trench Town The Journey Back written by former Jamaica cricketer, economist and politician Paul Buchanan, today we carry a piece on the legendary Jamaican reggae great Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, as well as... Read More
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