I Want to Be a Scammer – Jamaica’s punishing unemployment problem

Some months ago, a friend of mine shared a “TikTok” video with me where someone asked a young boy who appeared to be about 10 years of age, what he wanted to be when he grew up. His prompt response was “a Scammer.” For the better part of the last twenty years, the BPO Sector […]

Jamaica Ranks 12th in the World in 2022 World Press Freedom Index; U.S. Ranked 42

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an organization based in France, has issued a ranking of countries on the basis of freedom of the press. Jamaica was ranked in 12th place among the 180 countries assessed by the RSF. Jamaica’s 2022 position represents a drop of five spots from its rank in 2021. The RSF noted, however, […]