Yes, we have an emergency, but why another raid on the NHT?
The big story is that the Government has raided the NHT again for support in the aftermath of the economy. There have been precedents, so while I do accept that emergencies …
Enforcement and Corruption
I don’t mind if you consider me a prophetess of doom, but for decades I have been warning that corruption is going to be the death of our beautiful little country. …
Targeting inflation: The BOJ’s Pointless, Wasteful Advertising Blitz
“Low, stable and predictable inflation is to the economy what the baseline is to reggae,” declares the voice over Tarrus Riley’s Gimme Likkle One Drop take-off. “High inflation is a wicked …
Inconsistent Sports Regulation Contagious Like Covid Clusters
I’ve noticed local horse racing promoter (SVREL) is taking small steps towards online betting, including partnering with online betting services. This is a good thing. Yet it continues to cram hundreds …
Lest We Forget
So often the kindness of those who cleared the path and carried the torch for us so that we are better today than we were yesterday is forgotten. Are there roads …
Why Black History Month?
There have been ongoing debates as to the necessity, if not the validity of Black History Month, and, by extension, of Afro-American history. “After all,” as some have questioned with wry …
Don’t Blame Government, Blame Our Jamaican Idiosyncrasy
“Yippee ki yay, get along little do-gees”, all you gangsters saddle up your horses and ride out of Dodge City. There’s a new Sherriff in town. He’s not Wyatt, but he …
We Need To Go Hard With Agriculture
Jamaica is a small island with ‘limited’ resources, both natural and financial. We are a nation which has been historically colonised and had whatever wealth we did have (produced by slave …
Issue # 101
Security Guards: The New ‘Frontline’ Managers
One of the truly remarkable paradoxes in the field of organizational management, must be the role and function of security guards. If ever there was a group of workers whose functions …
Tourism Today
Sunday, September 27, 2020 marked the celebration of World Tourism Day under the theme: “Tourism and Rural Development”. This according to the United Nation World Tourism Organization / UNWTO is in …
Time For An Alternative System Of International Currency Transactions
Recently, several international banks were revealed publicly for handling more than two trillion dollars of illicit transactions of an unsavory nature between 1999 and 2017. To those of us in Jamaica …
My List Of Demands From China
My deepest sympathy goes out to the family on the passing of the tireless and forthright Bev Lopez. I knew her from the D&G days, to her own Kingston Brewing, and …
Energy: We are barking up the wrong tree
The national debate on energy has largely taken place in an atmosphere of ignorance and self-interest. The result has been that there continues to be no real intelligent leadership emerging which …
Investment – serious business that demands transparency
The concept of gifts, loans, public/private partnerships (PPP), and investments, and the reluctance to define their true status in specific cases presents a clear opportunity for obfuscation and clouding of topics …
What is this governance thing about?
Greg Christie, in the inaugural issue of the Public Opinion, proffered views on Jamaica’s future and the implications of corruption on the country. His political-economic treatise of the matter which …
No reward for driving up the median
The essential goal of production, growth, and development is to provide an important source of wealth to a nation. This is a constant debate, and economists measure the effective …