By Alexander Shaw, columnist Corruption has no colour, class, creed or race. Many believe it has been with us since independence, and has retarded and crippled development in JamDung. It thrives primarily in the public sector, where the managerial skill and diligence needed to boost growth and productivity is often…
By Alexander Shaw, Columnist I tried to avoid being embroiled in the furore over photographs showing law students dressed in ‘controversial’ outfits as they participate in the Mona Law Society’s annual Mister and Miss Law Competition. But I could not sit back and murmur, given my membership of the Bar,…
By Alexander Shaw, Columnist It is not uncommon to hear or behold people who have become undesirables in certain countries being uprooted from their desired civilization and transported back ‘home’. For many years, the issue of deportation has been plaguing the Caribbean and Jamaica is no exception as - now…
By Alexander Shaw, Columnist Universally, land can perhaps be considered one of the most valuable properties of all time. Some parcels are more valuable than others; the value of which largely depends on its location and attractiveness. It is a resource we care to cherish in the Caribbean, owing to…
Alexander Shaw, Columnist “Show me your company and I tell you who you are.” That is a saying used by many Jamaican mothers to warn children of the repercussions certain relations and interactions might have on their image, which extends to lifelong reputation. As a result, we often flee from…
By Alexander Shaw, Columnist Jamaica is again threatened by the looming dengue crisis that has reached epidemic level. Unsurprisingly, our parliamentarians are turning the matter into a political football as they always do. The virus is no stranger to us, as we were visited by it not more than two…
By Alexander Shaw, Columnist In case you were lost in all the merriment that comes with the season, it is now worthwhile to note that the ban on single-use plastic bags, styrofoam and plastic straws actually took effect in Jamaica yesterday, January 1. It happened at a time when the…
Things have come full circle for a proud mother, Mary Williams-Bartley, who was 16 years old when she dropped out of school to give birth to a child she named Alexander Shaw. Shaw, now a 25-year-old native of Spanish Town in St Catherine, this week earned the right to practice…