Category: Opinion
One Door Closes, Another Opens
Amidst the recession the world is now experiencing, and upcoming free trade on the global market, there is hope for Jamaica and her citizens. Hiding Continue reading
The Alphabet Soup Kitchen
A few days before the April 17-19 OAS Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, which now seems light years in the past, a group of Continue reading
Lessons from a Hijacker and a Blockmaker
You probably won’t find a newspaper article titled, “Who was Andrew Buchanan?” You won’t find the media reports describing him as having difficulties in his Continue reading
Jamaica – Hijacked
What the hell just happened there?! The Jamaican tourism industry is in the doldrums – except for the golden ray of increased visitors from Canada Continue reading
In the First Week of April
In the first week of April, Bruce spoke to the masses and he told them, finally, that things are rough, tough and tight and we’ll Continue reading
Out Manoeuvred PNP Needs an Overhaul – Supporter’s View
The much anticipated by election is over, not surprisingly, the PNP’s Kenneth Rowe lost overwhelmingly to the JLP’s Daryl Vaz. Despite that, the electorate’s referendum Continue reading
The Chaos Caused by the Dabdoub Case
So-called ‘Constitutional Lawyers’ seem incapable of grasping the ramifications of the lawsuit(s) brought by Abe Dabdoub which question the presence of dual-nationals in Parliament. There Continue reading
By-Election No Cause for Celebration
Beyond the constitutional issues and court rulings which made possible the recent West Portland by-election, and regardless of that result, the people of Jamaica were Continue reading
Post Mortem: Vaz Victory No Sign of Contentment
So, the by-election in West Portland has come and gone and Daryl Vaz of the JLP has once again, this time as an unquestioned Jamaican, Continue reading
The Confidence Games
Old enough to remember the Mighty Sparrow’s 1983 “Capitalism Gone Mad”? What the heck went wrong with it these past few years? Capitalism, that is; Continue reading