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Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 1:32 AM

The original meaning of ‘figurehead’ is a bust or full-length carving placed at the bow of a sailing ship. According to the Royal Museums Greenwich website, “In the perilous life of an ocean-going ship, figureheads embodied the spirit of the...

Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 1:30 AM

The following is openly presented for consideration by the Honourable Attorney General, including, in his capacity as a member of the Constitutional Reform Committee. Three issues, among others, are still trending: There is the continuing strong...

Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 1:08 AM

Black and ugly are still words which are correlated, whenever Jamaicans are administered psychological tests. Descendants of enslaved Africans still find it funny when we make references to hair, that rolls up like black pepper or pimento seeds, or...

Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 1:07 AM

In his interview with this newspaper last week, Linton Berry didn’t go into the minutiae of the conditions in which he lived for more than three decades at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston. He said sufficient,...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2023 | 12:20 AM

What do constituents expect from their elective representatives? This question comes at a pivotal moment of heightened focus on the quality of representation expected of elected officials, in light of the massive salary increases they have given...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2023 | 12:10 AM

In 1967, American civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King said in a speech, “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2023 | 12:08 AM

I live in a rented house and, like Andy Capp, I can hear the landlord shouting loudly, “Rent.” Like Andy, the word ‘spent’ comes into my mind but instead of shouting it, I feel it. I am totally and completely spent, much of it from dealing for the...

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 12:31 AM

“The development of the Code of Conduct is an important exercise in the agency and maturity of the Jamaican parliament. It cannot be good for this institution that the society must tell us the standards to which we must adhere. We are not a...

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 12:30 AM

It would do us well to pause every now and again and consider the impact, if any, that our circumstances are having on our humanity and on the compassion we feel for each other. Yes, there’s a lot of injustice in the world. Yes, life isn’t fair....

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 12:28 AM

This newspaper agrees with Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the Seven Principles of Public Life “are as enduring now” as when Lord Nolan first declared them in 1995, and when P.J. Patterson asked his ministers to abide by them seven years later...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:16 AM

Last month, one of my favourite series, Succession, came to an end. This HBO drama follows the attempts made by the Roy children to succeed their ailing father, Logan, as head of his multibillion-dollar media conglomerate. While there are many...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:11 AM

The Jamaican system of governance is described as a democracy. To be exact, it is a representative democracy, meaning the people (us) elect (give power) to officials, to represent our interest on issues. This type of governance has been around...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:09 AM

A month on, Pearnel Charles Jr is still relatively new in his job as the labour and social security minister. But in the event he did not know, there is no time for a honeymoon. And not only because of the labour matters he has already had to...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 1:01 AM

The People’s National Party’s (PNP) constituency delegates in St Elizabeth North East likely did their party a favour on Sunday. They elected Zuleika Jess to be the PNP’s candidate for the next general election, constitutionally due in 2025. More...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:29 AMCarlos Pipher/ - Guest Columnist

In any democracy the populace possesses enormous power over the government. It is very important that the citizenry is aware of the power that is in their collective voice. A public outcry and a demonstration are two different avenues to show...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:28 AM

During June 5-15, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), headquartered in Barbados, accomplished its Caribbean-West Africa Trade Mission. The executive director of the Caribbean Export, Deodat Maharaj, is committed to...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:14 AM

No one who saw the parade of technologies and operational skills the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) put on at its expo last month could not but have been impressed by the display. The exposition was part of the constabulary’s effort to show...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:10 AM

Our country was again plunged into mourning recently when an eight-year-old girl, Danielle Rowe, died in hospital after being abducted and her throat slashed. I can only recall one child who was murdered when I was a youngster. Her name was Dianne...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:08 AM

Everybody should know by now I’m a language nerd. The evolution of modern language leaves me cold. For example, I doubt I’m capable of ever accepting “access” or “impact” as verbs. And I mourn the passing of the word “affect” – missing in action...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 11:39 AM

It is not clear who, appropriately, should lead the discussion, Daryl Vaz, the science and technology minister, or Dana Morrison Dixon, the new Cabinet member whom Prime Minister Andrew Holness named as his czar for digital transformation. Either...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:13 AM

Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) was officially launched on June 1, 2022, as a partnership between the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). It was initiated with the support of the...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:12 AM

Many of us have been following the tawdry story of a former and would-be president of the United States being arraigned on federal criminal charges. My observation is that this man is even less worthy of public trust than Boris Johnson, who the...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2023 | 1:22 AM

The first of Ian Fleming’s James Bond books, Casino Royale, was published in 1953. It was about a suave and efficient British spy. Sean Connery became famous for playing the character. In Connery’s third movie (in1964) as James Bond (agent 007),...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2023 | 1:21 AM

CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLING Mi cyaah believe seh Lisa Hanna well an glad fi tek di hell of a pay raise weh di MP dem gi demself. Mi did tink seh she woulda stand up fi principle. But no! Lisa Hanna same lacka di rest a di MP dem weh a gwaan like seh...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2023 | 1:19 AM

If the finance ministry’s argument were taken to its logical conclusion, on the basis of draft policy documents, Nigel Clarke committed Jamaica’s taxpayers to paying public sector workers J$116.2 billion, or 52 per cent more in wages this fiscal...

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