The climate-change catastrophe should have convinced policymakers by now that they ignore science at their peril. Another arena in which science has been disregarded is educational policy, which has resulted in the "chasm of academic achievement"...
Old-time people have a saying that 'what is joke to you is death to me'. Chris Gayle may or may not have been aware of that saying prior to the interview with the attractive Australian journalist Mel McLaughlin earlier this week. I'm sure that he is...
Recently, Chris Gayle came under fire for making a rather ill-timed and awkward attempt at flirting. Gayle flirting with a woman wouldn't normally raise eyebrows, but this time it was special because it was on air.Normally, I wouldn't pay it much...
The Personality of the Year is someone who has displayed courage, achieved against the odds and scaled new heights. The person ought to be an example and motivator for others. In addition, the Personality of the Year has to do with the impact for...
Jamaica's National Development Plan - Vision 2030 - ambitiously sets out to make the economy prosperous and ensure that we are all empowered to achieve our fullest potential in the next 14 years. Already, the current economic reform programme is...
Barack Obama's announcement of new measures to curb gun violence in the United States was borne of exasperation with America's obsession with arms that has helped cement it as the most dangerous developed country in the world.
In not-so-recent times, Damion Crawford, the junior minister and MP on the move of East Rural St Andrew, and Angela Brown Burke, the mayor of Kingston, took to Twitter to make public what, even in private discourse, would be considered childish...
More than a week ago, Joss Stone was awarded the Reggae Billboard Artiste of the Year. Certainly, eyebrows were raised about the legitimacy of Stone's status as a reggae artiste. Dancehall DJ Bounty Killer took to social media to critique this...
Chris Gayle has just about perfected the art of forming the ass. His now-infamous interview with Australian reporter Mel McLaughlin represents egomaniacal contempt for women that is an embarrassment to Jamaica's sporting fraternity and the country...
This holiday, I did something I never have before. I took off with my family on New Year's Eve and headed for St Elizabeth, and together we did the Appleton Tour. It was delightful. In those two hours, I learnt so much Jamaican history and also so...
I was appalled and outraged at your scandal-mongering front-page story on Sunday, January 3, 2016, titled 'Schoolgirl stalkers: Male teachers flee the classroom to escape female student predators'.The whole point of the ludicrous article was...
The debate concerning the building of more elite boys' schools seems to have garnered the attention of noted individuals within the Jamaican education system. On one hand, there are those who seem to be suggesting the building of more elite boys'...
We are heartened by the initiative at Clan Carthy Primary and other schools in Jamaica which seeks to empower girls with cutting-edge skills to lead a wave of innovation in Jamaica's information and communication technologies (ICT) landscape.
I do not believe in New Year’s resolutions. I figure that if there is a bad habit that you need to dispense of, or a good one that ought to be embraced, there is no better time than the present. But now I am...
It's hard not to start crying when I hear of the abduction, rape and murder of anyone, especially of innocent little children. I try not to imagine the absolute terror, the helplessness, the wild panic and the unimaginable pain that they endure. I...
Ms Suzette Curtello's recent attempt to have our courts deal with her complaint against the University of the West Indies was halted by the setting aside of an earlier ruling where she was granted permission to have the courts rule on her case.There...
Last Wednesday's shareholder approval of the merger of The Gleaner Company and the RJR Group was a monumental show of faith in a revisioning of the media landscape which will bolster the quality of journalism and protect the future of both...
Published:Sunday | January 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMPete DeLisser
There have been a series of columns written in the media recently by Helene Coley Nicholson, a member of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, who tried to argue that human rights come from God and, therefore, it is okay to be intolerant of gays.In...
Many of the issues being faced worldwide throughout the various nations are the result of selfishness - putting 'self' first in very key areas when it ought not to be so.Many times, people try to blame others for problems they created and allowed in...
Published:Thursday | December 31, 2015 | 12:00 AMPierre Manigualt
While 2015 brought about some positive political changes that we hope will help foster more respect for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, it has also had a sadly familiar darker side with the murders of more journalists.In Ecuador...
I was 12 years old, skinny and in short pants and attending Jones Town Primary school in 1962 when Jamaica gained its independence.My father and mother took me and my brothers and sisters to the heart of downtown Kingston where Daddy (now 95)...
I don't ever underestimate the reach of this magnificent newspaper, The Gleaner. So I want to use this medium to invite Steve Harvey to come to Jamaica and announce the results of the next election up in East Rural St. Andrew. This is, of course,...
A few days ago, Kelly Tomblin, head of Jamaica Public Service Company, made a statement which included reference to the culture of the Jamaican population.She stated that stealing, and she was referencing electricity, is culturally acceptable in...
It is no fun to be driving and your vehicle stops in the middle of the darkest part of the well obscured north-south highway. Nothing was amusing about the car 'bucking' like a ram goat or bull-cow, especially when a wise cracker suggests that the...
The Jamaican Government's dithering on the reform of the pension scheme for the public-sector workforce has delayed key transformations that will help right-size the economy and induce efficiency.Two things have helped to complicate the action. The...
