Category: Opinion
CARICOM No Big Help But Jamaica Can’t Blame Others
With Trinidad and Tobago enjoying a trade surplus on manufactured goods with Jamaica and with a seeming reluctance in Port of Spain to sell Jamaica natural gas the country needs to lower its electricity generating costs, political leaders in Kingston are calling for Jamaica to opt out of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Attorney-at-Law Kerry-Ann McKoy…
Jamaica’s PNP—Back in the Saddle Again
The Portia Simpson-Miller led People’s National Party (PNP) is back in office in Jamaica, having won the December 29 parliamentary election by the impressive margin Continue reading
Positive Development For The Future
There are plenty of positive developments taking place in Jamaica’s fledgling democracy and political culture. As citizens, we will miss these if we focus too Continue reading
Race-Based Violence Against Women Missing Agenda Item
When the Mirabal sisters – Minerva, Patricia and Maria Teresa- took up the cause of justice in the 1950s in their native Dominican Republic, they Continue reading
Obama and Adversity
There is nothing like adversity to not only test one’s mettle but demands one to take stock of his/her life and the choices made and Continue reading
Fall again?
At first sight, despite the summer has come, it is only wording considering political nonsense… Unfortunately, it is only the primary impression, regardless of the Continue reading
Alleged Finger Rape Raises Queries on CARICOM’s Value
What broke in the news media as the alleged finger rape of a Jamaican woman by a Barbados immigration officer who denied her entry to the fellow Caribbean Community country is being dealt with by the countries as a regional issue, and the small extra parliamentary Barbadian PEP adds its voice as many question the…
Black Women and International Women’s Day
While struggling with the reality of being a human instead of a myth, the strong black woman passed away. Medical sources say she died of Continue reading
IWD – Crossing Class and Racial Boundaries
This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the declaration of March 8 as International Women’s Day. It is a day of great significance on Continue reading
Say No to Nonsense
The last few weeks in Jamaica has been rather tumultuous, more so than usual because of information that has come to light regarding the extradition Continue reading