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Editorial | Insensitive and offensive, Mrs Johnson Smith

Published:Monday | November 13, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The Government, through its council for persons with disabilities, as has been reported and commented on by this newspaper, last week launched a campaign to sensitise Jamaicans about law aimed at eliminating discrimination and stigma against people...

Gordon Robinson | A 'closet Comrade'?

Published:Monday | November 13, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Recently, I've been particularly harsh on the PNP.So, I waited for it. I knew it was coming since too many Jamaicans have no use for reason once they can wallow in tribalism. Sure enough, at the foot of my column for Sunday, November 5, this...

Michael Abrahams | The global problem of antibiotic resistance

Published:Monday | November 13, 2017 | 12:00 AM

World Antibiotic Awareness Week is observed annually during the month of November. In 2017 it will be observed during the week of November 13-19, with this year's theme being 'Seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional before taking antibiotics'...

Ronald Thwaites | Selective reality

Published:Sunday | November 12, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Some will argue that the full truth of our lives is often so dismal that we conjure illusions into a version of reality which helps us to cope.In the realm of economics, for individuals as for the nation state, there is pain and disillusionment...

Editorial | Enabling the disabled

Published:Sunday | November 12, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Just over a week ago, Floyd Morris was among the more than 3,000 members of the graduate class of 2017 at the University of the West Indies at Mona. But this wasn't Mr Morris' first or second degree. It was his third: a PhD in political science.A...

Garth Rattray | Harmed and dangerous (Part One)

Published:Sunday | November 12, 2017 | 12:00 AM

I heard a guest speaker at a university graduation proclaim, "Violence happens when people don't know what to do with their pain." I thought carefully about it and, for the most part, I agree. Of course, there are exceptions ... sometimes the 'pain...

Carolyn Cooper | Art on the move at MoBay airport

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

From the art gallery to the departure lounge! It's a bright and out-of-order idea: taking art out of context. A lot of Jamaicans don't go to art galleries. And it's not because we don't appreciate visual art. Just look at the way market vendors...

Editorial | On the cusp of anarchy

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Now that the South East St Mary by-election is behind him and his party has strengthened its position in Parliament, maybe Prime Minister Andrew Holness is now able to focus on the deepening state of anarchy in Jamaica, evidenced by the...

Donovan White | Rethinking disaster recovery

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

November 30 marks the end of the Atlantic hurricane season. The Caribbean, Central America and parts of the United States will collectively breathe a sigh of relief having been through a very active season, which experts say had the highest number...

Daniel Thwaites | Spare the rod?

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The Times of India newspaper reports that last Sunday, November 5, a Qatar Airways plane was forced to land prematurely because a dispute broke out between two passengers. QR-962 was going from Doha to Bali when the fracas erupted, and because the...

Mark Ricketts | Police between us and criminals

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

This is Part Three of a five-part series titled 'It is a disgrace how we treat the police'.Six days ago when St Mary South East by-election winner, Dr Norman Dunn, took the oath of allegiance in Gordon House, the Holness administration widened its...

Sean Major-Campbell | Beat the cane into submission

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The cane cracked. The facial muscles in her face stood in obstinate support. Her will was resolute. Corporal punishment was noble. The good old days!I was not even caned for being rude, or for any disciplinary concern, ever. This is the story of my...

Editorial | If politics is noble

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Damion Crawford, the shadow minister for youth and culture, has not disclosed if he has since received invitations to any state-sponsored activities relating to National Youth Month, which still has a fortnight to go. That he hadn't up to the time of...

Tony Deyal | Lion kings and banana men

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Tourism inevitably destroys whatever attracts it. This is what some people consider an 'iron law', something that is irreversible once it starts. You can say to tourists, like Bhutan, that they should leave nothing but footprints and take nothing...

Jaevion Nelson | MP ought not be 'missing person'

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

It's a bloody shame that politicians continue to ignore the people who elected them to represent them and be champions for their welfare and development.Jamaicans should not have to wait for an election to get the...

Shari-Ann Henry | Flashback to 1865

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

As an advocate for sustainable development, I believe that rather than politicising the expressed need for social services, let's zoom in on the goals to improve the stake of humanity. Goal No. 11, in particular, addresses the issue...

Editorial | When a government tackles corporal punishment

Published:Thursday | November 9, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness notably anchored his proposal to outlaw corporal punishment of Jamaica's children in his administration's effort to achieve the so-called Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which, essentially, are about policies to...

Peter Espeut | So much ethical illiteracy

Published:Thursday | November 9, 2017 | 12:00 AM

It must be clear to everyone by now that Jamaica has a national sexual crisis on our hands. Over an eight-year period, from 2007 to 2015, approximately 16,790 reports of sexual abuse against children were recorded by the Office of Children Registry...

Orville Higgins | JC were greater warriors

Published:Thursday | November 9, 2017 | 12:00 AM

I became poorer on Tuesday night after the Walker Cup final between Kingston College and Jamaica College. I was stupid enough to bet a substantial sum of money (substantial by my own limited budget) that KC would have won.It wasn't any spur-of-the-...

Editorial | Ms Munroe and Mr Warmington’s other enablers

Published:Wednesday | November 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Everald Warmington has long since not been the problem. It's his enablers, of which there are many, the most important being Prime Minister Andrew Holness. In April 2016, more than two months after the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) narrowly won the...

Mark Wignall | Lessons for the PNP

Published:Wednesday | November 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Communities like Juno Pen, Enfield, and Leinster are not at all known to many people living in the Kingston Metropolitan Area, but just about everyone knows Annotto Bay, if even from the folk song of old.Last Sunday, I spent some time in these and...

Devon Dick | Stop the sexual abuse of our girls

Published:Wednesday | November 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Professor Nuts, deejay and a judge in Magnum Kings and Queens, stated in a TV interview with ER (Entertainment Report) that today's dancehall players are too open, sexually, when compared with the older generation. That recent interview speaks to a...

JaRistotle’s Jottings | Securing our security industry

Published:Wednesday | November 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Last week, I ran into a friend of mine who operates a security company. He was facing difficulties in renewing his company's licence with the regulatory agency, the Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA). He explained that he was being...

Annie Paul | He raped me! She’s lying!

Published:Tuesday | November 7, 2017 | 12:00 AM

While the world reels from the fallout of women finding their voices about being raped and sexually harassed over the years, in Jamaica some men would have us believe the problem is a different one. The problem here (it would seem from numerous...

Brian-Paul Welsh | Give me a lawyer dog

Published:Monday | November 6, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Last week, The Washington Post published an intriguing report on the unfortunate case of Warren Demesme, a young black man from the American city of Louisiana who caused a stir in the courts with his use of a modern idiomatic expression. It was...

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