I keep telling you production is the key. Only production earns real money and hence drives real economic growth. To analyse the problem and find solutions we should look at statistics directly linked to production. For example, World Bank’s...
While the imposition of term limits is among the key proposals for constitutional reform in Jamaica, it is currently not a feature of parliamentary democracies globally. Parliamentary democracies hold regular elections but do not institutionalise...
With an unemployment rate at a historic low, Jamaica is experiencing a period of robust employment growth and increasing productivity. It is imperative that we also focus on safeguarding the welfare of every Jamaican. To that end, the Government...
Before he founded the People’s National Party (PNP), Norman Manley led the creation of Jamaica Welfare Limited in 1937. Jamaica Welfare aimed to empower communities by organising councils, developing local industries, and ensuring that economic...
Under the pretext of reciprocity, the US announced tariff hikes on nearly all its trading partners, including a 34 per cent tax on imports from China, a 20 per cent on the European Union, and a 10 per cent on most regional countries, while in the...
The WTO Secretariat is closely monitoring and analysing the measures announced by the United States on April 2, 2025. Many members have reached out to us, and we are actively engaging with them in response to their questions about the potential...
President Donald Trump is leaving no doubt about his intention to use American military and economic superiority to not only change or dismantle world order but to dominate it. He hopes to replace world order by which multilateral and bilateral...
A Jamaican friend of mine, a veteran immigration lawyer with wide political contacts living in the United States (US), commented on the recent official visit of Marco Rubio to Jamaica. “I read what you and other Jamaicans wrote about the American...
This year is the UN Year of Cooperatives. It is also the 180th anniversary of the cooperative movement that marks its beginning in the northern regions of England. In the town of Rochdale, weavers and artisans pledged to work together, in response...
This month, we again celebrated the resilience, achievements, and contributions of women and girls in Jamaica and the world at large. Yet, even as we mark significant milestones toward addressing the many challenges that women and girls face in...
Jamaican motorists are fed up. Every day, they navigate pothole-ridden roads, sit for hours in traffic, and watch as their hard-earned tax dollars are wasted on patchwork solutions that never seem to last. The government’s SPARK (Shared Prosperity...
The annual visit to Gordon House by Jamaica’s National Three-Ring Circus (a.k.a. “Budget Debate”) was particularly entertaining and equally revealing. We all know that economic growth is a result of increased production. The sole issue is how can...
Chaos is a common condition of world politics these days. It seems as though some leaders have concluded that the more they destabilise the lives of those that they govern, the more control they will be able to exert over the body politic. That...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has occupied the seat of governmental power for two terms, 2016 to 2020 and 2020 to where we are now, readying ourselves for an election this year. Considering the many policies formulated by both the JLP and the...
In Jamaica, women have made remarkable strides in education, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Yet when it comes to economic empowerment, a glaring disparity remains: the gender pay gap. For every dollar that the average Jamaican man earns, the...
March 20 marked the second-month anniversary of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. These past two months have highlighted an inescapable truth: Jamaica cannot rely solely on the United States. We must secure our own interests by...
It is 100 per cent certain that we are fully into the political mating season again. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) are once again kicking up dust, their noses sniffing the air and trying to make themselves...
Following the recent degradation at Fort Rocky in the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area (P-PRPA), I am sure I am not alone in feeling frustrated by the state of environmental management and protection in Jamaica. Time and time again, we see the...
While psychometric testing has been successfully used in the world of work and education, it has yet to make an impact on the world of sports. Given Jamaica’s dominance in track and field activities, it is, perhaps, time for us to seriously...
In a report aired during TVJ’s Prime Time Sports on January 29, it was reported that a number of national sporting associations had not received their monthly subventions from the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) due to a failure to submit...
Just last week, I found myself watching intently as a spoilt, entitled man-child harassed his elderly mother for money to feed his voracious gambling habit. His response became increasingly menacing and intimidating when he realised that she was...
Imagine a frightened, sick child lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by strangers, denied the comforting presence of their mother or father. Now, imagine that child crying out for a familiar voice, a warm embrace, but instead, they are left alone...
The healthcare system in Jamaica is at a breaking point. While the Government touts progress, the reality on the ground tells a different story — a story of inefficiencies, mismanagement, and a system that continues to fail the very people it is...
‘Likkle but wi tallawah’ is a Jamaican proverb that means “we are small, but we are strong”. This was never more true of Jamaica than as we navigated the harrowing experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its ebbs and flows that exposed...
Avid readers of fantasy fiction may already be familiar with the Triple Goddess archetype: the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone. In myth and legend, each represents a stage of the female life cycle, embodying unique strengths. However, in reality...
