Criminal prosecutors and law-enforcement officers are reportedly furious at Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ offer of bail to several accused criminals in recent weeks because of the absence of required forensic files, including DNA reports, in their...
The following content is created and paid for by Philadelphia Fellowship The death of Christ on Calvary is the centerpiece of Christianity, as the Apostle Paul said: “For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and...
Education is never free. Nothing of value and quality is ever free. It is always a matter of who pays. Those of us who are lovers know that love is not free – it requires sacrifice and commitment. Not even salvation is free. It was paid for by the...
My father, of blessed memory, took great interest in weightlifting and bodybuilding in his youthful days. He was fascinated with developing his muscles and becoming strong. He did very well at weight training and held several records and titles...
This newspaper welcomes Education Minister Fayval Williams’ fulfilment of her pledge to formally reintroduce civics to the curricula of Jamaican schools. It should not have been removed in the first place, to form part of the subject called social...
During these days when we celebrate our heroes, it is a time for rest, relaxation and reflection as we take a break from the struggle to make two ends meet. On reflection, in today’s world, we have much for which to give thanks. Our democracy...
Two Saturdays ago, Joshua Higgins, one of Jamaica’s finest visual artists, launched an exhibition of his vibrant work at the AC Marriott Hotel. The venue was the Rock Steady suite. This was most appropriate. ‘Rock Steady’ can be seen as a symbol of...
Last Wednesday, Densil Williams, the recently installed principal of the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI), reprised his proposal for Jamaica to introduce income-contingent loan schemes to finance tertiary education, which...
“In this profession, people have long memories!” These cryptic words were spoken by a representative of the Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR) at a formal ceremony for the induction of newly minted attorneys. They had jumped through all of the hoops...
When it comes to defending socially backward ideas and practices in the Jamaican dancehall, we can always count on some petit bourgeois intellectuals from the academic plantation to represent. The ‘Dunce Bangarang’ coming out of the dancehall and...
Good news is hard to find in a world awash with unprecedented troubles, but Jamaica was just handed a morale booster by a bunch of high-school students who earned a gold medal in the global robotics competition in Singapore. Team Jamaica won the...
There is an urgent need for serious action to be taken to improve people’s mental health in Jamaica. We have seen the results of a steady decline of the mental well-being of our population, with youth bearing the brunt of it, and our leaders cannot...
A few days ago, I read in the Jamaica Observer that “cats are the single biggest problem Jamaicans are having right now, next to crime”. I was not shocked or even surprised. After all, I grew up in Trinidad where every family has at least one cat...
Every year during National Heritage Week we are fed a sanitised diet – almost national myths – concerning our history and our heroes. We glory only in certain (more positive) aspects of the heritage we have inherited from our ancestors, and we...
Nearly a week after Hamas’ murderous assault on Israel, where its fighters indiscriminately slaughtered women and children, the group will probably feel that it is close to achieving all its initial objectives other than inflicting maximum terror....
There is an urgent need for businesses in Jamaica to invest in high-quality customer-service training. Consumers generally believe that if they have chosen to spend their money with a particular organisation, then at the very least, the service...
Given the reputational and other risks to their operations, Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) firms have been surprisingly muted about the latest scam to hit the sector since it was highlighted by this newspaper a fortnight ago....
THE YEAR is 1899 and on the bustling streets of New York City one brisk September afternoon, 69-year-old Henry Hale Bliss stepped from a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car, into the path of an electric-powered taxicab and straight into the record...
MILLENNIALS – THEY had a front row seat to the technological explosion. They were present at the rise of the Internet, the introduction of mobile phones, laptops, the Iphone and the Ipod, the first users of social media platforms such as Hi5, My...
In my article last week, I looked at the important role of trade in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). This month, it is reported that member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be meeting with main trade...
Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has come out swinging. Unlike many a neophyte on both sides of the political divide, the award-winning journalist has made it clear that he is not in the Senate to warm his seat and make up numbers at voting time. He is on...
Most of the recommendations by National Integrity Action (NIA) to improve Parliament’s oversight of Jamaica’s political Executive are not new. Capping the number of members of parliament (MPs) the prime minister can appoint to the Executive has...
Inevitably, the Integrity Commission’s (IC) publication on Sunday of Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s latest declaration of his wealth has raised questions about the whereabouts of Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ filings. Concerns over the status of...
When I was a child, one of my favourite stories was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, aka ‘ Alice in Wonderland’. In the story, an 1865 English children’s novel by Lewis Carroll, a young girl named Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy...
On February 7, 2016, Opposition Leader, Andrew Holness, while addressing a JLP campaign rally at Sam Sharpe Square: “Within our first 100 days of government, we will start the legislative process to fix the date for general elections in Jamaica....
