We have not yet seen the last of the COVID-19 pandemic and the next one is already upon us. In 2013, the UN Security Council of the General Assembly, comprising some 193 member states, adopted Resolution 2117 which focused on the illicit transfer,...
“I feel like a prisoner outside” were the words of University of Technology, Jamaica student Jevaun Peters to ‘Cliff Hughes Online’ on December 19, as he recounted his ordeal as a victim of identity theft. In recent years, identity theft has been...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2022 | 12:27 AM
Peru has been gripped by extremely angry street protests since President Pedro Castillo was removed from power by an opposition-controlled Congress on December 7. He was then arrested, charged and jailed in what appears to be an American-inspired...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2022 | 12:24 AM
It is a pity that it took Ian Hayles half a decade, and a judge’s emphatic renunciation of his claims, to end his efforts at preventing scrutiny of his actions as a public official while he served as a government minister. As slow as this decision...
Happy New Year when it comes. Meanwhile, the unhappy old year continues with the annual trip to my Memorial for the Khooky Khast of Kharacters from my wasted youth’s domino games. So here are the 12th annual Domino Awards (local edition). Some...
There are some positives to be eked out of the assault on the Devon House courtyard by the governors of the property in breach of their duty of care to the property’s history and of its value to the well-being of Jamaicans, especially those who...
Stephen Laurel ‘tWitch’ Boss had an exciting life. Many of his fans came to know him when he appeared on and finished second in the American version of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ in 2008. Later, from 2014 until May 2022, he was co-executive...
The recent warning by the Jamaican authorities that the COVID-19 virus is still alive, and of the likely surge by its newer variants this time of year, was an important public health intervention. So, too, was their advice that people vaccinate...
The invitation to Mutabaruka’s 70th birthday party was typically clever. The ‘u’ in Muta was a pair of bare feet. This was most appropriate, not just because it was a beach party. Muta’s unrestricted feet have long made an eloquent statement about...
This is Christmas, but it is not Christmas, but yes it is indeed Christmas. Well, if the Government says that it is Christmas, then so be it. But the Government says that it is not. We last had this confusion in 2005, the year that the legendary...
As 2022 rolls into 2023, we are still reconciling that last year was not 2019. The World Cup circus is over, and the bread is stale. Now it’s back to reality. Winter is coming. The printing of money and the stimulus from governments the world over...
What the Health Minister Christopher Tufton is presiding over is a humanitarian crisis in the public-health sector that has been worsening for decades. My keen observation has never detected greater presence of patients referred to as social cases...
A global backlash has been triggered by the decree of the Taliban government banning Afghan women from attending universities. We believe it is a decision that should be roundly condemned by people of goodwill everywhere. Explaining why the ban was...
It’s rather frightening the kinds and frequency of injustices meted out to children in schools, by teachers and school administrators, under the guise of teaching them discipline and in the name of a deity they may not even believe in. Since...
At 19, I had just started teaching at a secondary school and to show my true colours I bought a blue Casio watch and was the same colour, expect much darker, when I passed near a “stand-pipe” and water got into the mechanism. I was blue vex because...
To some it makes absolutely no sense! Right from the start 2000 years ago! How could the all-powerful God – creator of the universe – be born of a woman and become human – become part of his creation – and then die a horrible death nailed to a...
What is Christmas without a big Christmas tree? And what is a big Christmas tree if it’s not decked from top to bottom in flashing lights and wrapped in the glimmer and glamour of other decorations? Christmas traditions can teach us a lot about...
This newspaper continues to believe that the more appropriate path for the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) would have been to disband itself, opening the way for the creation of a new, transparently managed organisation with competent leadership...
There is bittersweet in the story published by this newspaper on Monday about the bookbinding business run by the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD), with support from the European Union (EU). The company, JAD Binders, rebinds books and...
‘Tis the season for celebration and good cheer! It’s common for many of us to get carried away throughout the festivities by indulging at home more than we would at other times. But overindulging in the feasts and parties that mark the season can...
Exactly one month ago, I wrote that something felt off with this Qatar World Cup. I also predicted that in truly dramatic fashion, Argentina would lose their first game yet bumble and stumble their way to the final, England would once again...
Two thousand years ago, God was sorely troubled. Mankind was wicked again and needed to be taught a lesson. As promised, He would not drown the world a second time. Why not send His only Son into the world to suffer and die, and through His death...
Published:Wednesday | December 21, 2022 | 12:48 AM
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, should have gone further. And he must. Nonetheless, this newspaper welcomes his apparently sincere apology, issued on behalf of the Dutch state, for Holland’s participation in slavery. Other European leaders...
Published:Wednesday | December 21, 2022 | 12:37 AM
The last two months of the year have ended with a focus on sustainable development and trade, which leads me back to my article of November 30 referencing the absence of regional trade mainstreaming. The UN Conference on Climate Change (COP27) was...
Nigel Clarke, the finance minister, has acted prudently in tying up a potential US$1.76 billion in cheaper money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), rather than risking the global financial markets tightening further and Jamaica having to...
