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Patrick A. Beckford Op-Ed 24 November 2022

DIASPORA | ....About that proposed Holness "Cabinet Shuffle..."

NEW JERSEY, November 23, 2022 - I read recently that Jamaica's prime minister, Andrew Holness is planning another “cabinet reshuffle.” Or my personal take: “the musical chair game continues”! Personally, I welcome this move as I hope it will be a drastic reduction of this administration’s size, as our government based on our population/GDP, is oversized.

Patrick A. Beckford Op-Ed 24 November 2022

DIASPORA | ....About that proposed Holness "Cabinet Shuffle..."

JAMAICA | That UK Visa Handicap: Silence is Not an Option says AJ Nicholson

KINGSTON, November 20, 2022 - The founding fathers of the Independence Constitution could never have envisaged a situation arising in politically independent Jamaica - no one could - in which...

A. J. Nicholson Op-Ed 20 November 2022

GUYANA | That Reckless, Don't care, CCJ leak by Anil Nandall shows little regard for decency

GEORGETOWN, October 23, 2022 - The unauthorised release of the election petition decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandall, Minister of Legal Affairs and...

Roysdale Forde, SC Op-Ed 23 October 2022

BARBADOS | The Bridgetown Initiative Explained

In late July/early August 2022, there was an international gathering in Barbados of a significant number of eminent resource persons drawn from civil society and academia and equipped with deep...

David Comissiong Op-Ed 20 October 2022

Exploding The Myth Of African Responsibility For Slavery (Part 1)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 16, 2022 - Now that our Caribbean governments have launched a serious effort to secure the payment of Reparations for the tremendous damage inflicted on the people...

David Comissiong Op-Ed 16 October 2022

GUYANA | Ali’s Commission Of Inquiry into the 2020 Elections - A different Perspective

Much good can be said about the utility of Commissions Of Inquiry. In fact, Commissions of Inquiry have long been part of the machinery of governments, all over the world,...

Roysdale Forde, SC Op-Ed 10 October 2022

JAMAICA | The PNP And The CCJ: An Acceptable Outcome.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 8, 2022 - A constructive query to be included in the ongoing conversation on the constitutional reform process, at home and in the diaspora, is whether there...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 09 October 2022

JAMAICA, The only country where the King is head of State where nationals need a visa to enter or transit

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 4, 2022 - Former Jamaican Ambassador Audley Rodriques, says Jamaica is the only country where its nationals need a visa to enter or transit the country which...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 04 October 2022

Tribute to the Legendary Bobby Clarke - Global Afrikan Congress

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Brother Robert ‘Bobby’ Clarke transitioned to be with the ancestors on Sunday, 25th September, 2022, and has left us with a vision of what is...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 01 October 2022

BARBADOS | David Comissiong Pays Tribute to the Great Robert 'Bobby' Clarke

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 28, 2022 - As we bid farewell to the great Robert “Bobby” Clarke, one nagging question keeps disturbing my consciousness, and it is this: “How is it...

David Comissiong Op-Ed 28 September 2022

Trump Really Hates That a Black Woman Is Prosecuting Him, says Columnist Kali Holloway

MONTEGO BAY, September 24, 2022 - Daily Beast Columnist Kali Holloway is asserting that twice impeached former US president Donald Trump ‘really hates’ that a Black woman, New York Attorney...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 24 September 2022

Tribute to Justice Duke Esmond Ezekiel Pollard

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 22, 2022 - It is with deep sadness that I observe the passing of my dear Guyanese friend, erstwhile colleague and mentor, Justice...

Justice Anthony D. J. Gafoor Op-Ed 24 September 2022

ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Delroy Chuck's Evolution

"Access to justice is a very important part for improvement for a better Jamaica"; so Justice Minister Delroy Chuck declared emphatically in an interview reported in The Sunday Gleaner on...

A. J. Nicholson Op-Ed 18 September 2022

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