The role of the citizen is far more important than that of government, police,military, civil society groups and church.The citizen is the witness, evidence giver, the credible piece of the puzzle. Ifthe citizen decides to see, hear and know no evil, it negates and...
Three hundred years ago the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was created. The core purpose was protection of property for the privileged portion in the country, the slave and plantation owners’ right to a buffer from the masses. Our independence did not remove this...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force, JCF, must be commended for the countless improvements made to its image and its behaviour in recent years. It cannot be denied that extrajudicial killings, severe beatings of detainees and the usual negativity associated, has been on a...
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Donald A. Adams I believe in the need for Jamaica to have an Integrity Commission made up of members of the highest unquestionable...
“Liberty is never inalienable. It must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost”. – Robert...
Reparation is generally described as an act deemed necessary in the form of payment or other kinds of assistance to those who have been wronged. It is meant to repair some damage that has been done against a person or people. This issue has been a major calling,...
The issue of increased salaries for teachers is a contentious one which can hardly be ignored. It cannot be fairly or legitimately dismissed as a cry from an undeserving quarter or sector. However, there are some very basic issues that need to be admitted when these...
“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those precisely, who need the law’s protection most – and...
In 2022 Jamaica we still seem to be preoccupied with who is “Jamaicawhite”, “red”, “brown brown”, “brown”, “dark brown”, “black” and “blackblack”. Three things in my opinion are mainly responsible for this continuedconfusion shrouded and clouded in an undercurrent of...
Jamaica has been an independent nation for sixty years and it ismore than reasonable to say we have done well in many areascharting our own destiny. It is also quite fair to say we have made amuck of it while having every opportunity to be way ahead of ourpresent...