Paul Bogle (1820-65) is often referred to as a deacon, meaning he was second in command in the church. Perhaps, it is even believed that Bogle was an assistant to an English Baptist missionary. However, Bogle, the leader of the church in Stony Gut,...
It's appalling that we have embarked on yet another Emancipendence celebration with relics of our past, that should have never been, still intact. Lady Musgrave Road in St Andrew is an example of one piece of our history that we certainly can do...
Published:Wednesday | July 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMDexter Wharton
At a time when children continue to be exploited at an alarming rate, it warmed the heart to read of a recent initiative to offer better care to our youths. According to a Jamaica Observer article of July 28, 2015, titled 'United Church offers...
If our reading of the not-too-subtle signals is right, a general election in Jamaica is imminent; probably before year-end, rather than in December 2016 when it is constitutionally due.Indeed, despite the challenges being posed by a handful of...
If you miss the centrality of love in 1 Corinthians 13, it is likely you will misread the issues dealt with in the first few verses of this love chapter. Indeed, the popularity of the King James Version (KJV) reading has misled a number of us into a...
We are surprised at the quietude - some will claim almost secrecy - with which the recent vote by the global Seventh-day Adventist Church on the ordination of women has been greeted in Jamaica. They won't be. At least not for now.Lest we be...
Published:Tuesday | July 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMYury Fedotov
Conflict, terrorism, economic turmoil, natural calamities, disease: we are living in an era of unprecedented crises and troubles, as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned.Record numbers of people are fleeing war and persecution,...
Elections are upon us. The governing People's National Party has been hopping around the island giving tales of their triumphs. The opposition Jamaica Labour Party has been dashing criticisms. However, to the generation of the disenchanted, having...
Gene Autry, the Beast, and I had given up raising a fourth for dominoes when we heard, away in the distance, "If a macca, mek it jook yu!"The Dunce! We greeted him with mixed feelings because his arrival interrupted Haemorrhoid's response (using one...
We are not yet certain about the optimism of the US ambassador to Jamaica, Luis Moreno, regarding the game having changed. But we agree that America's help in building out Jamaica's security infrastructure is giving the island a fighting chance...
Last Wednesday, a stabbing occurred in Kings Plaza. A fistfight had taken place between two men 39 minutes prior and one party hurriedly left with both his body and ego bruised.
If you had asked me about same-sex marriage 20 years ago, I would have laughed hysterically and told you to cut out the crap. The concept of 'man and husband' or 'woman and wife' was ludicrous...
I must confess that I have always found it difficult to kill anything except ants, flies and mosquitoes. But, I look at their lifeless little bodies and wish that they didn't cross my path and endanger my health.I absolutely hate cockroaches but I...
Since the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is putting their money behind it, we assume that the agreement between the National Water Commission (NWC) and the Israeli company, Miya, for NWC to waste less and earn more from the water it...
Counselling people over the years has revealed that the number one issue that hinders our growth individually and as a people is unforgiveness.The greatest obstacle one faces (even within politics), for unity and progress, is forgiveness. Even the...
Those of us who thought we have heard the last about the logistics hub, and that after Krauk and Anchor, industry minister Anthony Hylton would go quietly into oblivion, well, think again.Just last week, the minister rekindled the flames of hope in...
Fifty-five years ago, Nobosuke Kishi, Japan's prime minister, resigned just after winning the battle to push the treaty revising the country's military alliance with the United States through parliament. The demonstrations against it were so massive...
Almost a year ago, there was big scandal in London about 'Exhibit B'. This was a human zoo that should have been installed at the Barbican, Europe's largest multi-arts centre. Conceived by a white South African artist, Brett Bailey, this human zoo...
The result of Jamaica's foray into the bond market last week is a big deal, which underlines the Government is sensible to stick to its obligations under the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Peter Phillips, the finance minister,...
The Jamaican economic complexities are the topic of the day. It is being driven by multiple interests who all have a vested stake that is directly linked to their pay package. The suggestions have ranged from the reasonable, worthy of exploring, to...
My guess would be that there might probably be a dozen people in Jamaica who genuinely care about what's happening in Greece. They may come from there or know someone who does. But generally, we've been talking about Greece as a proxy for talking...
It is no real surprise that the Government of Jamaica has been making much ado about the passing of nearly nine consecutive International Monetary Fund (IMF) quarterly tests under the four-year extended fund facility with the multilateral lending...
The Queen's Park Savannah in Trinidad is one giant 'roundabout' or what in Britain would be called a 'Circus'. Since this term is best applied to politics,especially in this silly season with an election due on September 7, we have to think about...
Recent events suggest that Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is no model of efficiency and that a blunder in that office is the cause of a shortage of licence plates at the island's collectorates.For more than a fortnight, this shortage of plates has...
A handful of critics can be expected to reflexively contort themselves into knots over the education ministry's decision to close 18 primary schools whose utility has been severely undermined by demographic shifts.Already, the bleat has begun from...
