This newspaper endorses the Government’s decision, formalised earlier this month, to postpone municipal elections for at least another year, but believes that the delay should not be an end in itself. The extra time should be used to set the stage...
The 2022-23 Budget is edging close to a trillion dollars. The more than $900 billion is said to be nearly three per cent more than last year’s voted expenditure. Remember immediately that inflation is running close to seven per cent. This means...
I vividly recall seeing a young woman in the Casualty Department of the University Hospital of the West Indies during the early 1980s. She was suffering from a deep stab wound to her left chest. The X-ray showed that she had air and blood within...
An attorney once told me that it is better for 1,000 guilty men to walk free than for one single innocent person to be convicted. My Rastafarian bredda in the academy sent me a message last week, expressing great disappointment in the decision of...
In the field of security, an accurate assessment of threats and the identification of vulnerabilities are critical to understanding the level of risk posed to any asset. An assessment of the present security environment in the country has uncovered...
We note with deep distress the dislocation in many Jamaican communities occasioned by the flood rains of last week. For many, including the article authors, the distress is compounded by how frequently the headlines are repeating themselves. In...
At a time when the nation is reeling under the oppressive fallout of the COVID pandemic, the banks’ imposition of higher bank fees and charges has evoked a visceral reaction from many. Even Prime Minister (PM) Holness and Finance Minister Nigel...
“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it, and remove all doubt.” Mark Twain Which brings us to Squire Adam Stewart, who was born on third base (using a baseball metaphor), and believes he hit a triple. Stewart, son of...
In this edition of Reparation Conversations, a collaborative initiative between the Gleaner and the Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at The University of the West Indies, Justine Collins (JC), speaks with Prof Verene Shepherd (VS), director of...
Last Thursday, Cressida Dick, the chief of London Metropolitan Police (MET), resigned. She lost the support of the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, with whom she had to work closely. Neither could she count on the backing of the home secretary Priti...
There appears to be a ceasefire in the war of words between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Maroon Chief Richard Currie. The conflict escalated in January. At his infamous ‘Argument Done’ press briefing, Holness angrily shut down Andre Wright,...
The Editor, Sir, we are asking you for a little space in your valuable paper for this humble letter. In this island of ours, no real improvement can be accomplished owing to the selfish action of the fruit merchants. At one time they encouraged...
Global tension is rising concerning Ukraine, the second-largest country in Europe after Russia which it borders. Ukraine was a part of the defunct Soviet union, declaring its independence in 1991 when the Union dissolved. Should regions, as...
Researchers have found that, when you lie, your nose actually heats up. This is called the ‘Pinocchio Effect’. According to Science Daily (December 3, 2012), the University of Granada, using thermography to study heat distribution in different...
Positive things sometimes happen when no one seems to be paying attention, which is apparently the case with the recycling of plastic bottles in Jamaica. This isn’t often the stuff of prime-time or front-page news. However, this week, this...
When in fourth form I was introduced to the natural sciences, I was hooked! “At constant temperature the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure” (Boyle’s Law). “At constant pressure, the volume of a gas is directly proportional...
It is pleasing that Delroy Williams, chairman of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), the parish’s local government, is not yet tired of the efforts to clean up the arrangements for approving construction in the city. This week...
It’s rather worrying that despite greater levels of awareness about the rights of people living with disabilities and efforts to facilitate their inclusion, we are still so far behind. Earlier this week, I witnessed someone using a wheelchair in...
I RECEIVED a number of comments to my last article, some printed in The Gleaner and others by way of other avenues. As a footballer, one of the skills required is anticipation. Hence, I expected feedback but, I was pleasantly surprised that in...
There are two things in life that Jamaicans cherish more than anything else: One is the two-piece spicy-leg and barbecue-rib combo popularly known as the KFC Meal Deal. The other is our American visitors’ visa. And just last November, important...
IF, INDEED, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) filed a complaint with world football’s governing body, FIFA, over its allegation that Costa Rica wrongfully used COVID-19-positive players in their February 2 World Cup qualifying match in Kingston...
Mark Golding, on this front, has accomplished something over which his recent predecessors postured without really getting much done. In launching a scholarship and trust fund in honour of OT Fairclough, Mr Golding may have rescued, if not for...
As Secretary General of the United Nations, I spend much of my time speaking with world leaders and taking the pulse of global trends. It’s clear to me that we are at a defining moment in international relations. Global decision-making is plagued...
To answer my own question, yes, we should be concerned about the tensions in Europe involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and, yes, it is relevant to international trade, and to the economic...
A global pandemic was so contagious, it reached beyond the clouds and devastated our favourite Fantasyland Apocrypha. Government immediately imposed pandemic restrictions, including nightly curfews; a ban on commercial entertainment; gathering...
