I had the grave misfortune of experiencing inept, substandard customer service at its worst on a recent visit to the Registrar General Department’s Kingston Mall location in Downtown Kingston to initiate the process of securing a birth certificate on my uncle’s behalf. I was left flummoxed, seething and aghast that after so many years of [...]

Proverbs, Chapter 15 verse 1 says: “A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stireth up anger.”
Parliament is referred to as a talking shop, where discussions and debates of the state are held.
But truthfully speaking, more calmness, quietness, peace and tranquility are needed in Parliament. A house that has so much political [...]

The display in the House recently over the state of emergency emerged in undesirable proportions and unexpected response by our representatives, organisations and individuals in the media and others.
No one can disagree that the imposition of the state of emergency produced some credible results. Some are as follows: the blockage of roads in Tivoli [...]

Partisan political posturing reared its ugly head again Tuesday, July 20 in Gordon House. Prime Minister Golding tabled a motion for the extension of the State of Emergency (SOE), limited to Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine but it failed as he did not ensure that the required number of 31 members of his Jamaica [...]