Late one Easter Saturday, playing against Dr S. Blank and Jimmy Hunchback, I drew the following: double-six; six-four; five-ace; four-ace; trey-deuce; deuce-ace and ace-blank. Playing REAL dominoes (not the artificial 'winners pose' version)...
Published:Monday | April 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdam McIntyre
This is an excerpt from the book 'Understanding the Criminal' by Adam McIntyre.Our children's wayward drift into delinquency and criminal behaviour is often directly linked to our own shortcomings and breach of trust as caregivers.Many of the youth...
The expression 'laughter is the best medicine' is well known, and while it may not cure or prevent diseases, there is strong evidence that laughter and humour improve one's quality of life. The World Health Organization defines health...
The move to make the annual Sectoral Debate more relevant and interesting will be tested as of tomorrow when Dr Wykeham McNeill and then Anthony Hylton step up to the crease, both seeking to make runs for an unpopular government which is three years...
When President Obama visits with Caribbean leaders April 9 in Jamaica, broad trade and security issues should top his agenda. Trade growth in the Americas can drive jobs and development - a good thing for everyone. But security issues in one country...
Some of my friends used to think that I was an atheist. Perhaps it's because I freely express my disappointment with how some people practise their religion.Some self-proclaimed Christians flood their many houses of worship but leave their...
President Barack Obama's visit to Jamaica will send a powerful message to the investor community that Jamaica is open for business. It will say to the investor community that Jamaica has certain fundamentals in place that make it suitable to do...
There is still time for things to go awry. The formal transfer of power is not for two months, but there is reason to be optimistic that democracy is really turning the corner in Nigeria.In last week's presidential vote, the opposition candidate,...
America is the new Rome. Whether or not that's an altogether bad ting is another matter altogether. The question remains, though, whether is is more like the Roman Republic, or the Empire that replaced it...
I got so many amusing responses to my column, 'Mi no want no woman look mi', published on March 22. It's amazing how a hot headline can motivate people to read Jamaican. If I'd even used only the 'prapa-prapa' writing system, that wouldn't have...
President Barack Obama's visit to the island this week, fleeting as it will be, is good for the Caribbean. It is potentially better for Jamaica if we can extract its value. In that regard, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller must enter her...
Grains of Peace, as an organisation, has attempted to define 'values'. Human values are the virtues that guide us to take into account the human element when one interacts with other human beings. They set the stage for how we deal with human beings...
Protests have become part of everyday life in Jamaica because there are scores of citizen who don't think they are fairly treated. The cry for justice has been ringing loudly for decades.Citizens have come to understand that the quickest way to get...
Published:Friday | April 3, 2015 | 12:00 AMTony Deyal
Throughout the world, armed forces are divided into squads, brigades and platoons. In Trinidad and Tobago, however, they are divided into parties. Almost every day, the media blazon forth the exploits of various 'parties' of policemen who...
The Ministry of Health's acknowledgement of the highest benzene concentration ever recorded in Jamaica's air following the March 2015 fire at the Riverton dumpsite is only the tip of the iceberg. The weak air-quality monitoring programme conducted by...
It is rather unfortunate that much of the talk after Champs has been Michael O’Hara’s seminal moment when he lifted his running gear to show the much-talked-about 'Be Extraordinary', words that happen to be a Digicel slogan. Ambush marketing was on...
Published:Friday | April 3, 2015 | 1:45 AMPeter Espeut
First, congratulations to the Calabar franchise and the Edwin Allen franchise for winning the respective titles at the Boys and Girls Athletic Championships held last weekend. Those schools were able to attract an impressive array of track and...
The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) and the chairman of its schools’ athletics championships committee, Colleen Montague, owes athletics fans a fuller, logical explanation, for the entrance ticket debacle for last week’s...
Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2015 | 12:00 AMDevon Dick
Tomorrow, many Christians will observe Good Friday as a time to reflect on Jesus as offering salvation. To have salvation is to be saved from selfishness and a sinful lifestyle that follows the dictates of the evil one.When Jesus was on his way to...
Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2015 | 12:00 AMJaevion Nelson
Many of our children's right to education in a safe learning environment is being violated by other children who bully. They are repeatedly hit, kicked, or pushed to hurt, or called names, threatened, or teased because, among other things, of a...
Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMDoreen Buchanan
Jamaica is revered and envied by all from all walks of life. When compared with countries globally, Jamaica offers easy investments with stable, continuous and safe returns. The 2014 Forbes Magazine Best Countries for Business Report has ranked...
The Rev Karl Johnson, the chairman of Calabar High School, and Michael O'Hara, the school's star athlete, need to provide further and better particulars about that conversation which Master O'Hara says was his inspiration for his ambush marketing...
In this age of limitless information, it's no wonder that memory appears to be so short, given the flood of data that assails the brain daily. There's so much to take in that there's almost no time for internalisation of facts and events. Hence the...
Jamaica does not have a distinguished record of accountability. As a society, too many of us have tended to focus on 'intent' rather than 'outcome' as the primary factor in our assessment of actions that impact our people. Thus, if we can point to...
