My wife sent me an article about an 80-year-old Japanese man who just climbed Mount Everest, and his rival, an 81-year-old Nepalese, who held the record for being the oldest man to do so when he was 76 and was determined to take back his record.
Murder is so commonplace in Jamaica that the country appears to have become inured to the grisly litany of death and mayhem that stalks the land. There seems to be no more outrage left for another wave of brutal murders.
Hey! I have a constitutional right to privacy! So let me tell you what I want to do in the privacy of my bedroom. But, wait a minute! What I want to do in the privacy of my bedroom is against the law...
Anyone who states that security at The University of the West Indies, Mona, is "a joke" ('Thieves school UWI', Sunday Gleaner, May 26, 2013) does so out of ignorance or misrepresentation of the facts. ...
It is settled opinion that corruption exacts a heavy price on Jamaica's economy and is a major contributor to its underdevelopment.This newspaper, therefore, is supportive of strong anti-corruption legislation, with robust systems and personalities...
Sometime around May 18, I watched a video on Facebook where a boy - allegedly a student of Camperdown High - cursed an older man who is alleged to be a teacher at that same institution...
I wish to lend my voice to support the minister of education, The Reverend Ronald Thwaites, on his position regarding the distribution of condoms in schools.
On May 18, Pandit Ramadhar Maragh's body was cremated according to the Hindu rites.He was born December 25, 1924 to parents Sukmar Maragh and his wife Edith...
This week, I heard the story of a housewife who was robbed at her gate by thugs who posed as delivery men. The thieves, travelling in a heavily tinted motor car, arrived at the woman's gate with clipboard...
There are a few organisations in this country so wrapped up in the sheet of partisan political activism that they are virtually ineffective in advancing the cause of their primary constituents. Of course, there's nothing wrong with an entity being...
From India to the Dominican Republic, encircling the globe, more people are in slavery today than at any time in history. This fact is generally not known. This is because modern-day slavery does not fit our familiar images of shackles...
As a senior lecturer at Mico University College, Doran Dixon trains teachers. At least, that's what expected of him. In the normal scheme of things, Mr Dixon would be expected to urge his students to be led by facts and to arrive at evidence-based conclusions...
THE EDITOR, Sir:In the past, the loud sound-system parties running until 2 o'clock EVERY MORNING simply interrupted my sleep and left me severely annoyed.
In 2008, I was brought before the courts for late filing of my integrity report, and now that I will be required to file once again, I must admit that I will be filing late when that time comes...
Should there have been doubt over the main cause of the disaster that is education in Jamaica, the leadership of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) removed it last week.That they hung ineptitude, inadequacies, froth and ad hominem attacks out to...
It's one of the great conundrums of our time, apparently - how to balance the need of some sleep, with others' desire to be loud.Night-time street dances are part of our culture...
Once upon a time, those who were not filthy rich but had worked hard, perhaps had a pension plan and saved diligently, could survive on their 'passive income'...
We hear it all the time. The West is struggling to emerge from the Great Recession, challenges abound, strong leadership is needed. But surveying the landscape of the G7 countries, instead we have governments beset with scandals and internal divisions.
In sports, everybody wants to be a winner! There are numerous victories, defeats and all the emotions that go along with and surround the sporting arena.Everyone who is involved in sporting activities, from the sponsors...
Notwithstanding their incompetence in the organisational management of the courts, this newspaper has little cause to question either the judicial acumen or the integrity of Jamaican judges. So it is with caution that we note, and draw attention to what...
Britain's Black Debt is the intriguing title of a provocative book launched to much fanfare earlier this month by the University of the West Indies Press.
