Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2020 | 12:20 AM
A week ago, we told the Government that in-between planning for the logistical roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine, it had to engage in a robust campaign to convince Jamaicans of the efficacy and safety of the drug. For the epidemiologists and other...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2020 | 12:08 AM
Fruits and vegetables are the cornerstone of a healthy and varied diet. They provide the human body with an abundance of nutrients, strengthen immune systems and help lower risks for a number of diseases. Yet, despite these tremendous benefits, we...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2020 | 12:08 AM
As the year 2020 is about to close, one of its positive achievements certain to make recorded history is its recognition of the truth regarding the black experience. The world opened its eyes in ways it failed to do in the past, to the painful...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2020 | 12:07 AM
Since the United States presidential elections on November 3, won by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, various fora in the Caribbean have been assessing what the new administration will mean for the region. The Gleaner editorial of November 24, titled...
It seems COVID-19 concerns have overshadowed public shock over the predicament of George Williams, the 20-year-old youth who was believed to be mentally ill at the time of his arrest in 1970 and held on remand, for 50 years, for allegedly killing...
Guardian.com recently carried a piece on Paul Alexander, who contracted poliomyelitis at age six in Texas in 1952 and is one of the few polio survivors still dependent on an iron lung machine to breathe at age 74. The purpose of this article is to...
In a speech to a virtual climate summit last Saturday, Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, framed the threat of global warming to countries like her own as potential genocide by the world’s big carbon emitters. “I would like to believe that...
Amidst the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic, some great news emerged out of Scotland this year. In November, it was announced that the country would be the first to make period products free for all. The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland)...
She told me to call her ‘Baby G’. She came needing help for one of the children who “don’t have a good head” and told me her story. Long before, young, kinda pretty, unemployed and ‘out of doors’ (she didn’t like the way her mother’s new boyfriend...
There is a disgusting and ever-growing, macabre fascination with images of gruesome deaths from killings and crashes of all kinds. I recall many years ago when a rather lovely and hard-working young lady used to sell the Gleaner and Star in Half-...
The timing of America’s public designation of retired senior police officer Reneto Adams, and five members of his long-disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU), is a bit curious. And it would have carried far more weight if it had been done under a...
Institution building is important for entrenching macroeconomic stability, as well as supporting policy predictability and transparency. Keeping these objectives in mind, and consistent with the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force recommendations...
On the very last day of our language arts classes for this term, my seven-year-old student gave a report on Martin Luther King Jr. He chirpily said Dr King was eloquent. When I asked him what the word meant, he couldn’t answer. And all I said was...
In a recent homily, Archbishop Emeritus Donald Reece wrote to his congregation, “Roadways in a country are crucial for any development of peoples and their cities and rural communities. Because of recent storms, many roads are now made impassable...
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is spot on in the zero-tolerance approach to corruption and human rights abuses. Nothing guarantees peace and human well-being more than the equal and fair treatment of others by others and the...
In our neck of the woods, last week’s antitrust lawsuits in America to break up Facebook have, understandably, grabbed people’s attention. Little noted, however, was a development in Australia affecting Facebook, Google, and other social media...
An advisory from the Meteorological Service of Jamaica earlier this week predicted a cold front entering the Caribbean region, bringing with it wind, showers, and cold weather. The winds came with vigour, temperatures dropped, but no showers to...
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on me, my family, and my friends. Our lives have moved from being very busy, rushing to classes, hugging each other in the hallways, to being home most of the week, conducting all learning sessions virtually...
There is a character in German literature and folklore called the ‘Sandman’ who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. The sand in Siparia, Trinidad, the southern town to which...
As the end of the year approaches, it is customary to tot up certain statistics and compare them with last year to assess our progress. This year (2020) should show big differences. With work-from-home and remote-schooling due to the COVID-19...
We found the last kilometre to Long Mountain almost majestic in Kingston’s growing urban sprawl. This wooded stretch brought solitude and sanity in our semi-lockdown. Runners and walkers enjoyed its stillness and embraced its challenge as we sought...
Keith Duncan, recently re-elected as president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), says that he is looking to build on the gains of his first year, with the focus being on helping to chart a recovery of an inclusive economy...
As 2020 draws to a close and we look forward to the start of a new year, my desire for a Jamaica, free from violence of all sorts against women and girls, is also renewed. Sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV), which began on...
COVID-19 has robbed people around the world of loved ones, livelihoods and so many of the usual certainties and comforts of everyday life. It is also threatening to steal from millions of girls their right to an education. These are girls who could...
Jamaica is part of this planet, existing in an era of unprecedented environmental concerns. Climate change, pollution, resource depletion, and loss of biodiversity threaten our planet and life as we know it. In our perennial campaigns to expose...
