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Dr. Canute Thompson Op-Ed 10 May 2022

JAMAICA | Leadership in the pursuit of one law for all - How different is Little Bay?

KINGSTON, Jamaica May 9, 2022 - One of my persistent criticisms about the landscape of Jamaican society (and might I add, including the Church), relates to double standards. This practice of double standards is often manifested in the unbalanced and disproportionate application of laws and rules.

Dr. Canute Thompson Op-Ed 10 May 2022

JAMAICA | Leadership in the pursuit of one law for all - How different is Little Bay?

JAMAICA | Holness'Other Dilemma....The Unjust Breakaway !

KINGSTON,Jamaica, May 8, 2022 - Andrew Holness, looking at the man in the mirror, will contemplate that every prime minister, from Shearer in 1970 to Simpson Miller in 2015, fully...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 08 May 2022

BARBADOS | What Tony Cozier meant to us !

So, why didn’t the Government of Barbados confer our country’s highest national honour on Tony Cozier during his lifetime? Why wasn’t he “Sir Tony Cozier”?

David Comissiong Op-Ed 06 May 2022

GUYANA – The Local Content Spat - Dangers of Inattention

A few weeks ago, a regrettable faux pas pushed Guyana’s Local Content Policy (LCP) into News Headlines across the region. The Act seeks reasonable retention of benefits generated by activity...

Wilberne Persaud Op-Ed 01 May 2022

JAMAICA | The Scammers would rather die with their boots on

MONTEGO BAY, April 27, 2022 - According to the Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner Clifford Chambers, young people in St. James are at a high risk of...

O. Dave Allen Op-Ed 27 April 2022

JAMAICA | Holness' Dilemma: Access and Atonement

Since Edward Seaga's passing, meaningful efforts, including by the news media time and again, to goad Andrew Holness into addressing the structural issues that present challenges and confusion at the...

A. J. Nicholson Op-Ed 17 April 2022

JAMAICA | " WE ARE MOVING ON"...REALLY? asks AJ Nicholson

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 26, 2022 - At Jamaica's stage of development, with the legal and jurisprudential guidance necessary for our progressive forward movement, a mere two or three petitions annually...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 27 March 2022

DON’T LIE, Give the people the facts and let them discern the truth for themselves

We find ourselves in a period of time when there are great contradictions in both the international and national geo-political spheres of life.

Calvin G. Brown Op-Ed 21 March 2022

JAMAICA | Be Loyal to the Rule of Law, Nicholson tells A.G. Dr. Derrick McKoy

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 6, 2022 - During a Harvard Law School lecture last April, Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the US Supreme Court made clear that he viewed the judiciary...

A.J.Nicholson Op-Ed 07 March 2022

DIASPORA | Whither the GJDC, Our Diaspora Movement asks Patrick Beckford....

NEW JERSEY, February 19, 2022 - Every 2 years, our Diaspora gets into a frenzy. With their sense of patriotism, the hopefuls participate in meaningful discussions to assist our birthland...

Patrick A Beckford (Former Advisory Board Member US Northeast) Op-Ed 20 February 2022

JAMAICA | Guns and Ja's homicide rate in perspective - Orville Taylor

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 9, 2022 - On January 24, RJRGLEANER reported scary statistics from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). At 112 homicides, we had killed 15 per cent more of...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 09 February 2022

China's Silk Road to Montego Bay, “Turn Them Back” ! says O Dave Allen

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, January 25, 2022 - We the Jamaican people are at risk of becoming slaves again. We are a country with 95% black people. It’s a fact...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 26 January 2022

JAMAICA | AJ Nicholson Questions Delroy Chuck and Nigel Clarke Over JA's CCJ Obligations

KINGSTON: January 14, 2022 -The following are six "Awkward Questions" to Justice Minister Delroy Chuck and Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke, from former Justice Minister...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 15 January 2022

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