Category: Opinion
Transferring the Olympic Winning Knowledge to Other Challenges
The euphoria of the Olympics has for the first time in many years opened the eyes of Jamaicans on how it feels to be collective Continue reading
A Deteriorating Justice System
No less a person than the highly respected police officer, assistant commissioner Owen Ellington on July 10, 2008 reported to the audience attending the Jamaica Continue reading
Writing in the Sand
For the past few weeks, I have watched the sand-mining of Coral Spring in Duncans, Trelawny being treated in the press as the mother of Continue reading
Dem fine di san! Dem fine di san!
A so beach fi look… So dem fine di san! Story bruk! Hayhayyyyi! Enny baddy evva ear mi dyin trial! A who a go get Continue reading
Bungling the War on Crime
It has come to us that for the first time in the history of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, a Superintendent of Police has been detained Continue reading
Who Moved My Sand?
Bulldozer tracks in the sands. No rain, wind or tide had yet disturbed the crime scene. There is a fetid odor arising from what’s left Continue reading
Stop Confusing Us, Mr. Minister!
There seems to be no end to the confusion caused by the vacillation of Jamaica’s current administration in their dogged attempt to curb lawlessness. The latest observation is Security Continue reading
How to Successfully Dismantle Political Garrisons
In Jamaica a political garrison is an area where at least 90 per cent of the eligible votes are cast for either of the two Continue reading
Ninety Nine Per Cent of Lawyers Give the Others a Bad Name
In January 2006, veteran court reporter Barbara Gayle wrote a story about the state of the Jamaican resident magistracy based on an interview with president Continue reading
The Mystique of Brand Jamaica
Kofi Kingston, immitation yardie to the core? Why are you? I couldn’t let Diane Abbott’s Sunday Observer column, The lure of brand Jamaica pass just Continue reading