It has been a long time since a person or thing has captivated and commanded the attention of the entire planet like the COVID-19 pandemic has done, making 2020 a year like no other.
It has left us in awe and fear and bursting with anxiety all at the same time as we try to preserve our own lives and those of our loved ones while struggling to maintain our mental health as depression, brought on by stay-at-home orders, mount.
So pervasive was the ongoing pandemic in our everyday lives and daily conversations that the severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, could easily have been crowned the ‘Person of the Year’ for 2020. However,
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In terms of politics, 2020 could easily be described as the year of Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). For leading the JLP to an epic landslide victory over Dr Peter Phillips and the People’s National Party (PNP) in the September 3 General Election, Holness firmly established himself as the most astute politician in the country. His profile had already been growing internationally in recent years.
Yet, for his handling of Jamaica’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to be lauded around the world, the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, could easily be named politician of the year. This is true, even with the Market Me controversy/scandal that threatened to tarnish his reputation and which, any discerning onlooker could see, had ruffled his feathers. Imagine being asked by a reporter during a live televised news conference whether you had cheated on your wife? Tufton’s “none of your business” response is now famous. To his