Commentary
The reported break-in and theft of laptops at the collapsed, fraud-riddled investment house, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), clearly demands robust investigation. The reflex assumption will be that this was no random act of thievery, but an...
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I contend that every economic and political decision, indeed even personal ones, involves a moral position. Always there is some view of person or community behind individual choice, national and foreign policy. When the unlamented Kissinger said...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies have increasingly become integral to various industries. In Jamaica, many institutions are still grappling with the profound impact AI is having, and will continue to have, on the future...
Whatever the arguments made against the accuracy of the voter-turnout for last week’s referendum, it is not surprising that Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favour of asserting sovereignty over the two-thirds of neighbouring Guyana claimed by...
Across the world and in Jamaica, December 10 is being recognised as International Human Rights Day. It was on this date in 1948 – 75 years ago – that the nations of the world agreed and signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 21...
When I opened my US credit card statement last month, I couldn’t believe it. All I could say was, NCB too wicked. I had forgotten to pay a bill for $3.17. Because it’s a recurring charge, I hadn’t paid attention to the fact that I’d actually made...
My last column spoke to transgenderism and the way that it is affecting our perception of reality. In it, I used the word ‘gender’ as I would the word ‘sex’. Of course, as expected, several people have said that I was incorrectly conflating (...
At last count there were almost 40,000 Venezuelans seeking to escape their country and finding refuge in Trinidad and Tobago. Never mind the fact that Guyana is actually part of South America and thus, geographically not Caribbean, it is absolutely...
We imagine that a majority of Jamaicans harbour the hope that one day the country will return to its safe, peaceful state. The growing clamour for a more peaceful way of life within a gentler society is heard repeatedly in both public and private...
Taking a side, or even taking aside, is sometimes reasonable even in fights and furores. However, when you’re trying to take both sides at the same time, the combatants are very likely to throw you aside or worse, beat you left, right, front, and...
Jamaica has the highest murder rate in the Caribbean and is ranked 10th in the world. With this murder rate, wouldn’t be surprised if Jamaica is also one of the most undisciplined countries in the world. Sexual and domestic violence, half-crazed,...
More often than not, this newspaper agrees with Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ observations on things to be done to enhance the quality of justice for all Jamaicans. He is usually on the right track. Which is why we look forward to a fuller and...
When Jamaica signs an internationally binding treaty, do we mean what we sign to? When we take an oath, do we mean it? The Jamaican government has announced its intention to sign the Samoa Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the...
Imagine having to complete an obstacle course almost every time you have government business to transact. Why would a customer need to join the line outside the building, to then be allowed to join another line in the lobby of the building, in...
Lamenting the unwillingness of Jamaicans to sit on juries, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes highlighted the socially skewed complexion of those who agree to serve. In Montego Bay, at least, they are mostly the poor and working class. In other words,...
I RECENTLY had the sad occasion of attending a funeral for a loved one in deep rural Clarendon. It was my first ‘country funeral’, and although the departed was known to me, the vast majority of mourners were unfamiliar faces. At the customary ‘set...
