When Andrew Holness reshaped his shadow Cabinet last month, we advised his team on a new approach to policy formulation and discussion. They should think before they speak.Further, we suggested that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) establish serious...
While his embattled countryman and employee who happens to be the most feared batsman in the shorter version of the game faced disappointment on foreign territory and was struggling on the game's biggest stage, the Cricket World Cup West Indies...
Like all professions, dentistry is constantly changing. We face new ideas, new materials, and new challenges continuously. To stay relevant and to serve our patients, the profession must continually revise its practice standards, ethical codes,...
My daddy asked me a terrifying question on Sunday night: "Where do carrots come from?"Fear washed over me. It wasn't dissimilar to the fear you feel when your child asks, "Where do babies come from?" But I actually think that this was worse. I know...
Published:Monday | February 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMRomaro Scott
These days, the accessibility and convenience of computers and smartphones is unprecedented. To some extent, we have seen the power of technology and the positive impact it has had on some of Jamaica's major productive sectors.Why then, in 2015, are...
To thunderous banging of desks, Peter Phillips announced there'd be no increase in property tax rates for 2015-16.The rushing sound heard islandwide was all Jamaicans' collective sigh of relief. Except me. I've heard these promises too many times.
We admire the energy and passion with which Ronald Thwaites talks about improving the quality of education in Jamaica. The minister would hardly be surprised if, based on the latest evidence, many people remain sceptical of his timetable for meeting...
Masturbation is a touchy subject. Pun intended. I recently read an article about an elementary school in San Francisco giving out pamphlets to its students, aged five to eleven, warning them of the 'sins' of masturbation and abortion....
Dorothy Lightbourne demonstrated to Jamaica last week why they should be glad she is no longer either their minister of justice or attorney general and, perhaps, why she made such a hash of the jobs when she held them in the Golding administration....
What really is the utility of the ceremonial opening of Parliament?Each year, the governor general turns up in Parliament and reads a prepared statement on the plans of the Government for the new legislative year. They call this the Throne Speech....
Tom has always been a very hard-working man. He earns his living by careful planning along with hours of sacrifice. To this end, he got out of his bed on a day and at a time when most of us are still deep in blissful slumber.He arrived at his...
The Tivoli Commission is now on an extended break from the taking of evidence. The present witness, former commissioner of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Owen Ellington, has provided a chilling tale. His evidence has also been an insight to the...
Her long, gritty fight to maintain what was perceived as the illegal occupation of a parliamentary seat notwithstanding, Sharon Hay-Webster made at least one worthy contribution during her time in the House. In June 2010, in the aftermath of the...
My parents were Norman Manley socialists. They strongly supported the PNP, a movement they thought was committed to the educational and economic uplift of the ordinary people of the country. They thought the opposite to be true of the JLP. They...
Perhaps one of the most uncomfortable facts for Jamaicans to acknowledge is that there are persons, including parents and guardians, who sexually abuse the children living within their homes.Preliminary statistics from the Office of the Children's...
The Reverend Glen Archer, our champion spelling coach, seems to have died from chik-V complications. According to a Gleaner article published last Sunday, "He had been suffering from renal failure for the past five years, requiring dialysis two to...
Men often determine a course of action then build the ramparts of self-justification as they move along. Intelligent men excel at it. I witnessed this back when a friend was giving all his attention and some of his money to this perfect-10 stunning...
On Tuesday night, I went to The Jamaica Pegasus to witness the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA). I never went for the formalities. Like all the other media personalities there, I went for one reason. I wanted to see if...
It is carnival week here in Trinidad even though the actual two days of the masquerade, Monday and Tuesday, have already gone. The promoters are still trying to scrape the bottom of the money pit with various events, and I am back to 3 o'clock on...
Set against the context of acute shortage of materials, medicine and manpower, a health budget of $50 billion may not be enough to put the country's health services in a position to deliver quality service to most of its patients.Even though this...
After being forced by their members into a humiliating reversal of who to support as boss of West Indies cricket, Billy Heaven, the president, and his fellow directors of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), may want to reconsider whether they...
Published:Thursday | February 19, 2015 | 11:42 AMDexter Wharton
When man created religion, two primary things were desired. In the first instance, man wanted to have a closer walk with the supreme being(s) he struggled to understand. In the second instance, he wanted to control his fellow man.The desire to...
Published:Thursday | February 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMAlon Ben-Meir
The Israeli general election, scheduled for March 17, can be fateful for the Israeli Arabs as their voting en masse could change the political map and potentially prevent Netanyahu from forming the next government. They can, and indeed must, defy...
The fact that the Commission of Enquiry into the Tivoli incursion overlaps with the Christian Season of Lent can feed the thinking person.The Season of Lent is a time of self-examination, self-incrimination, catharsis and renewal. In these days of...
The Bible is not a textbook on morality argued Devon Gray in a letter to the editor. His argument is 'whether the Bible's attitude towards homosexuality is of any more relevance today as a moral guide than is its teachings, for example, on divorce...
