Two decades ago the late, distinguished Anguillan/Antiguan attorney, Bernice Lake, succinctly summed up an implicit promise that people who offer themselves for public office make, and which they are duty bound to fulfil if they are given the job....
The police, appropriately, have acknowledged their blunder and apologised for placing in cyberspace a photograph of the wrong Alando Gray, who is reported to be under investigation for murder. But while the constabulary eventually did the right...
LAST SUNDAY was another Father’s Day, another pair of socks and another needless brunch to celebrate dad when all he really wanted was to be left alone. Let’s be honest. Father’s Day brunches are really nothing more than the remix of last May’s...
WORLD SICKLE Cell Day is celebrated around the world each year on June 19. It is a day to bring greater awareness about sickle cell disease (SCD) and the challenges faced by patients, families and caregivers. Despite an estimated 500,000 babies...
It may not be a decisive factor in the coming general election, but it is clear that Jamaican voters remain staunchly in favour of term limits for their leaders. So, if they respect the will of the people, as they claim to do, the island’s major...
THE GROUP of 7 met in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on June 15-17. The meeting was chaired by Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney. This was his first global meeting and his first test to show his leadership ability. This article is being written...
RECENTLY, CONSTITUTIONAL reform has been a major discussion point. While some assert that only minor changes are needed, others have argued for the complete dismantling of our existing governance framework – to burn it to the ground, so to speak....
It is probably too late to consider removing the United States as a host of next year’s football World Cup. And in any event, it is unlikely that Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, the governing body of world football, would even contemplate...
All mind sports including dominoes, bridge and chess, are microcosms of life and education on life strategies. They teach the value of logic, analysis, memory and timing. Speaking of, it’s time for a pop quiz. As my old physics teacher, the great...
Recently, someone sent me a social media post by our Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, and asked me to verify the information given there. It was a tweet lauding our government and the strides it has made in improving...
After decades of being known as ‘a town with a history’, in recognition of its former pride of place as one of the leading towns in the English-speaking Caribbean, Falmouth has risen to reclaim its premier position in the story of Jamaica. It...
Jamaica’s Summer Olympics pursuits will celebrate 80 years of attending the Games, come 2028. So much of who we are as a people comes from what our athletes from various sporting disciplines. The nation will enter those Games with 94 medals...
We’ve all heard of the importance of driving decisions with data, but, how does this fit in with environmental action? As humans, we naturally seek information to confirm our observations and guide our choices. A symbol of progress, data shows us...
This article has been collated by the FAO with data and information sourced from a technical report that, for the first time, documents the regional impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in Latin America and the Caribbean, following...
High on an early-morning spliff which he explained a “dog” (his language for a friend) had given him, this 19 year-old guy tried to shake me down for money. As if it were just bad luck, he explained that he had left Kingston Technical High with no...
The 1960s, global economic stability, from fixed exchange rates, fuelled growth. For Jamaica, independence brought bauxite demand as the world’s third-largest producer, and foreign exchange earnings surged. But post-emancipation inequalities...
The Government’s announced programme to properly identify and standardise the names of all of Jamaica’s roads is a good initiative that is probably part of the administration’s push for a single national identification system, or NIDS. Prime...
The Gleaner remains deeply concerned over the concerted effort of some legislators, including senior ministers, to undermine the Integrity Commission (IC) as well as to dislodge the auditor general (AuG) as an ex-officio member of the commission....
In 2011, Jamaica passed the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment) Act which includes a significant provision: “The right to enjoy a healthy and productive environment free from the threat of injury or damage from...
Progress and development must break through barriers to access, must uplift the economy of the masses and provide opportunity and hope for equal benefit to all. Progress requires orientation of the society as a whole towards behaviours and beliefs...
Like one of those other days, we are celebrating Father’s Day. And as much as it is highlighted as one of the lesser holidays for fathers, bearing in mind the narratives, there is yet another significance of today. We might wish to argue as to...
Except for the names, the following story is true in every respect. It points to the need for a male influence in the lives of children. It shows that the male figure does not have to be a member of the household. It validates the positivity of the...
The potentially negative impact on the Caribbean of Donald Trump’s move to cut spending on weather research and forecasting highlights the need for the region to widen the network of countries with which it collaborates in this area. Indeed, as...
The 55th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will be held in one of its smallest member states at a time of global political and economic uncertainty. That uncertainty is reflected across the...
They called it “PLAYBILL”, but it turned out to be me, the TONY Awards. Unfortunately, they presented the 78th Annual Tony Awards last Monday night even though I’m already on the 79th. Worse, on August 10th, I will be 80 years old. Yet they had the...
