Orville Higgins had an article in The Gleaner of Saturday, September 8, 2018, titled 'Why do we attend high school?' This article, he claimed, was prompted by a discussion he had with a teacher concerning the action of Calabar High in preventing...
Fifteen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein's imaginary 'weapons of mass destruction', what have the Iraqis got to show for it? There was a great deal of death and destruction (around half a million Iraqis have died...
In Jamaica, we have placed academic achievement as the pinnacle of success at the expense of experiential learning, in effect dooming a significant portion of our population to poverty and social stagnation.When we talk about the productivity of the...
KD Knight's recommendation that the Government compensate operators of public passenger vehicles, who, for a quarter of a century, paid fees that the Transport Authority (TA) had no legal authority to impose, is a commendable, and perhaps, moral...
Hypocrisy is quite often the strategic partner of the politician, and no place is it best employed that in the pandering to the faithful from a raucous party platform and in how all security ministers fawn over and flatter the police.Back in the...
Last month, after preaching at the funeral service for Sandra Brown Bennett, a top sales agent for The Gleaner, at which many media personalities were in attendance, one young editor asked me whether I thought persons were listening to my sermon. He...
Published:Wednesday | September 26, 2018 | 12:00 AM
I have a problem with the manner in which wrecking services operate under the umbrella of enforcing parking regulations throughout the Corporate Area.On any given day, wreckers actively patrol areas such as New Kingston on the lookout for illegally...
There's a Jamaican salesman of California wines who, on retirement, got into the newspaper circulation business at home. Quoting his old boss, he was fond of telling his field staff that they had to inspect what they expect.In other words, they not...
One must ponder the reports in the media of children with academic and physical challenges, as well as behavioural issues. In June, there was the publicised case of a child who passed the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) for Meadowbrook High School...
The workers in the reparation movement have long recognised the importance of public education to garnering wider support for their efforts.We, Jamaicans, have only just begun to write our own history. For centuries, we have been fed the views,...
In Jamaica, we find ourselves at an extraordinary moment that has the power to define who we are as a country. But for people of faith, no matter their persuasion, this moment could also demonstrate our true capacity for tolerance, acceptance,...
I just finished watching Europe defeat USA for the sixth consecutive time on European soil to win the Ryder Cup, perhaps the most important team sport outside of football's World Cup.France won the World Cup. USA failed to qualify for the tournament...
Maybe it's just me, but somehow it seems as if elected politicians in this country are losing the relevance they once had in the communities within their constituencies and divisions.By politician, I mean elected members of parliament and...
The prestigious medical publication Lancet, in collaboration with the World Bank, recently released the findings of a survey ranking the human capital development of 195 countries for 2016 compared with 1990. This publication has not been heralded...
Call me crazy, but I like a little foreplay with my fried chicken.Last Friday, I was jonesing for a fast-food fix. I allow myself the indulgence once a week, and I headed to the nearest drive-through to satisfy my craving.The cashier was not in the...
I met Angela* about three years ago at a gathering at the house of a mutual friend. As Jamaicans would say, ‘Mi spirit did tek her.’ I absolutely loved her energy. She is intelligent, articulate and has a great sense of humour. She told...
Recently, Dr Horace Chang confirmed what many of us already knew: that the most dangerous criminals are in their teenage years. Then Minister Desmond McKenzie blurted out that we are a nasty people. Hard truths after 56 years of independence,...
The average citizen doesn't care which administration initiates 'progress'. We are all happy for the upgrading of our road system, but we need concomitant, concrete plans for a vastly improved public transport system.The work is welcome, but the...
The traffic gridlocks in Kingston, caused by the several major road projects in the city, have put back on the national agenda an important issue about which not much has been heard in recent times - the matter of a flexible workweek and the broader...
How sad to watch what Jamaicans define as 'cass-cass', our two party leaders in conferences speaking to large audiences, and on TV reaching the nation and beyond, especially when transmissions by 1Spot media facilitate a wider reach on the Internet....
Discovery Bay community groups have won a major victory. Peach Beach is not going to be privatised. It will soon be upgraded by the Government and maintained as a public beach. It took a lot of hard work. A 'Save our Beaches' campaign was launched....
A heart-warming story as told by a past student of Ardenne High School, Lloyd Foster, now one of the world's top actuarial scientists in hot demand from Fortune Top 100 Companies globally. Lloyd now runs his own insurance consultancy company in New...
Amid understandable anxiety and concerns about the introduction of the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP) assessment for grade six students, it would be well to put in context previous examples of strong negative reaction to planned changes in the...
Implicit in all the issues highlighted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness in his United Nations General Assembly speech last week - from debt initiatives for poor countries to battling climate change - was Jamaica's appreciation of the logic of...
During October, there is expected to be sustained buzz around cybersecurity as Jamaica and the global community pause to observe Cybersecurity Awareness Month.On an international level, the potential for using computer technology to endanger the...
