We've seen it on the news too many times over the years. An unassuming teenager who 'never really fit in' shows up at school in some obscure town in the United States, with a gun, and opens fire...
A patient of mine who is a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was maintaining a police presence, parked in a marked police vehicle, close to an intersection with a very major thoroughfare in St Andrew.As he observed the traffic ...
On Easter Monday morning, I was really shocked and saddened to see Jamaica at its worst.In the past, whereas Jamaica would have celebrated Easter in our Sunday best, fully decked out heading off to worship with smiles and sunshine on our faces and a hymn in our hearts ...
It is critical for all stakeholders - whether economic, political, security or the civil society - to seek divine insight for the nation to move forward.The key questions for all organisations at this point are: 'How do I...
It would be foolhardy at the commencement of any trial for attorneys to believe they will be persuasive with only an opening statement. I dare not believe that, and as such I welcome the dialogue triggered by the response to my column on May 5.
If it were commerce and their product was as consistently bad as the education outcomes delivered by Jamaica's teachers, the enterprise would be either out of business, or in receivership and the bulk of its employees out of work.
Having read Ronald Mason's blast against CARICOM, and the insipid reply by Hilbourne Watson, I must intervene. The whole thinking about CARICOM has gone off track. This business of whether Jamaica should be in or out is beside the point. Who told Trinidad and Barbados to set up shop in our backyard?
A so old-time people seh. An a no so-so farm work dem dida talk bout. A man an woman business. Everybody have fi dem owna match. Hoe an stick wi find dem one anodder.
Reminiscent of his own characterisation of the USA's response to his proposal for a New International Economic Order ("Ronald Reagan killed it with a smile"), Michael Manley met my suggestion that Jamaica disband the Jamaica Defence Force with a devastating smile.
This newspaper readily applauds any measure that aims at efficiently handling the day-to-day operations of the nation's capital, and indeed all other municipalities.
When I first moved into the house in the quiet suburb of Cedar Grove in Antigua, the bougainvillea plants that face the road were sedate, waving gently as the wind blew in from the Atlantic and displaying their splendid blooms for all to see.
In his column 'Ineptocracy at the racetrack' published in The Gleaner of May 14, 2013, Gordon Robinson, with his usual sarcasm, is highly critical of both Andrew Azar and the trainers at Caymanas Park.
Ronnie Thwaites was refreshingly frank in Parliament on Wednesday in reporting on the state of education in Jamaica. His picture was grim. But except for the farthest removed from such issues, Mr Thwaites, the education minister, would have felt a sense of déjà vu.
If adjusting (not taking away) [study leave benefits] one can save the country billions, why are we angry? As a business professional, I have to maintain work while going for my master's.
The 2012-2013 Red Stripe Premier League season has come to an end with Harbour View lifting another trophy. I watched the league a lot this year, both while on the job and because some Sundays I didn't seem to have a lot else to do!
During the first few decades after the first Christian Pentecost (which we remember this coming Sunday), Christianity quickly spread across the Roman Empire; good roads and relative peace assisted the evangelisation thrust of the new Church, considered...
RECENTLY, AMBASSADOR Courtney Walsh was denied entry into Sabina Park because he did not have a pass and he was not recognised by a security guard. According to the newscast, the president of the Jamaica Cricket Association...
Until now, the debate about Jamaica's relationship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been emotive and huffing. The core of the issue is Jamaica's near US$1 billion trade deficit with the community, the bulk of which is with Trinidad...
THE EDITOR, Sir: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement has been approved with the objective of restoring macroeconomic stability/price stability as a necessary condition for investment and growth...
JAMAICA IS hardly the idyllic place advertised to tourists if we consider the religious indoctrination children, especially those from minority cultures and faiths, are often subjected to as they pursue their education in publicly funded institutions....
THE 75TH anniversary of an organisation is usually a big deal. So, it must to be of concern to those who run the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) that, up to now, the marking of theirs has been largely a damp squib....
THE HORRIBLE events which unfolded in Cleveland, Ohio, recently are a good indication that the playbook has not changed since we were growing up as children....
