The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) refused to read a resolution on reparations on the day (July 10) of the 46th anniversary of the political Independence of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas from their colonial masters, Great Britain. The gathering of...
A CNN report carried on July 26 indicated that some nine members of the Guatemalan under-15 soccer team were denied visas to the USA where they were slated to participate in the CONCACAF Boys Under-15 Championship. The net result of this visa...
Anytime now, Donald Tapia will arrive in Jamaica as America’s new ambassador, succeeding the affable Luis Moreno, who left more than two years ago at the end of Barack Obama’s presidency. Mr Tapia deserves a polite, businesslike welcome, until he...
Based on the time a main source out of the Peter Bunting camp told me that Angela Brown Burke would be coming out full frontal for the Rise United campaign, it now seems that I knew about her move before her husband, Paul Burke, got wind of it. I...
Over 12 hours on Monday, Ethiopians planted, by the government’s count, 353 million trees. That works out to about three for each of the country’s 112 million people, or approximately 828 per square mile. In the process, the Ethiopians broke the...
On August 1, 2019, Jamaica will join the rest of the current and former British-colonised countries in the Caribbean to mark the 181st anniversary of ‘full free’ – that day in 1838 when our enslaved ancestors, especially those told to wait until...
The debate about abortion is reminiscent of the debate about slavery. In both instances, those against abolition quoted the Bible and God in their defence of their right to protect their property, and those for emancipation quoted the Bible and God...
The European Parliament approved Ursula von der Leyen, former German defence minister, as the new president of the European Commission. Attention is now on nominating and approving the commissioners. The 27 nominees have to be approved by the...
We, too, like Delroy Chuck, would have preferred if it were a civil-society group or some other independent organisation, rather than the political Opposition, hosting what the People’s National Party (PNP) calls a national stakeholder conference...
The issue of compensation for business owners in the impacted areas surrounding the Government’s ambitious Legacy projects is a vexed and unfortunate one. The businesses of Hagley Park Road appear to be hit the hardest, with many of them closing...
This Thursday, August 1, 2019, is Emancipation Day – the day on which we celebrate the anniversary of the 1834 abolition of slavery in the British Empire and full freedom in 1838. But it is also a day on which we should celebrate our heritage of...
Apocrypha, the fantasyland beyond the clouds where it’s hard to distinguish political friend from foe and Dr Oma D’unn solves political problems by parable, was in the midst of a long, hot summer. Criss Tufftimes, minister of health (and, well,...
The electronic monitoring of motor vehicles for road-traffic management and related law-enforcement purposes is common practice in many countries. It’s efficient, and saves much time and resources, if cameras automatically snap the licence plates...
The most lasting, generational legacies are those that inspire us, improve our lot, or otherwise influence our thinking in positive ways. Ambassador Bridgewater-Awkard’s book, Neutral On Nothing ( http://www.shiloholdsite.org/book.html or available...
Scores of women and two men came last week pleading for back-to-school assistance for their children. Their dedication to education is ever impressive. Among the mothers, there is rare acknowledgement of babyfathers. “Him used to be nice, is only...
One of the most important principles I learnt in science class in school is that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be converted from one type to another...
Jamaica should be moving towards full disclosure of the integrity filings of all elected representatives and high-level public servants. It is the easiest way to discourage corruption and graft, which is one solid reason to be in favour of it. But...
MoBay doesn’t want to lose Reggae Sumfest. The entire city benefits. The hospitality industry is the biggest winner. And even micro businesses make a killing. A jellyman on the main road charged me $2,000 for three bags of cane and three coconuts...
If I am going to rewire my house for the purpose of upgrading my service from JPS, no matter how competent the electrician is, unless he is board certified and licensed, his work is invalid. If one is importing goods, the person signing the...
Recent reporting by this newspaper has highlighted the fact that an increasing number of Jamaican women are openly offering their services for surrogate pregnancy, underlining, we believe, an urgent need for a legal framework within which any such...
It is clear that, while holding to the identity of Christian, Christians can and do take fundamentally different, while still prayerful, approaches to the Bible. The writers of this message do not expect to find in the Bible handy texts prescribing...
J.C. Hutchinson has been a consistent voice against praedial thieves who prey on hardworking famers in various communities across the island. Besides being the minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and...
This letter I write on behalf of my mother whose wise 91 years on earth have spanned many generations. She was a pioneer in the male-dominated industry as a builder when there was no woman in that field. One thing I have noted with her, as she grew...
We ‘country’ children born in Trinidad and, in fact, most of the Caribbean, immediately after the Second World War did not have many recreation facilities or options. There were two seasons, dry and wet, and this determined what games we played...
Tuesday’s demonstration by Greenpeace International activists, supported by local environmentalists and non-governmental organisations, caught the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) off guard for the reason that it was peaceful. The environmental...
