THE ANNUAL lamentations about the unimpressive performance of Jamaican students in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language and mathematics examinations have been echoing across the land following the recent publishing of the 2012 results.
Earlier this year, the World Bank warned developing countries to brace themselves for a long period of volatility triggered by a slowdown of the global economy, the lingering crisis in the Eurozone, and high oil prices.
THE EDITOR, Sir:Paula Kerr-Jarrett's ugly, vulgar decision to impose her personal image upon the Jamaican flag is only one of other serious violations of the Jamaican people.
In the last few days, some large organisations with extensive history in Jamaica have suffered the loss of assets which they have claimed is as a result of theft by traders in scrap metal
He's worth an estimated US$255 million. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, which the American public generally views as a bit odd...
There are times when in order to solve one problem, sports administrators create another problem, and what's happening with the fast-bowling component of age-group cricket is a classic case in point...
I take strong exception to the content of the full-page advertisement that Rusal published in The Sunday Gleaner of August 26, 2012, which was nothing short of public relations gimmickry...
RECENTLY, ORVILLE Taylor, University of the West Indies lecturer, wrote: "George William Gordon is perhaps the greatest of our heroes, because, voted in by the rich, he took on the concerns of the poor and was martyred....
PATOIS IS our problem. And getting rid of it would automatically eliminate the deficiencies that plague the reading, writing and speaking of English among Jamaicans....
EARLY THIS year, Dominican journalist Johnny Alberto Salazar was sentenced to six months in jail for slander and libel. The charges stemmed from Salazar's on-air comments accusing Pedro Baldera, a local Human Rights Committee official...
Distinguished professor of linguistics and coor-dinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at the UWI, Hubert Devonish, is supporting the JTA president in his claim that English is not the native language of the vast majority of Jamaicans, and that Patois be...
Having a good smoke while surveying the sunset-streaked skyline from a veranda might cause anyone to lose track of time. Which is what has happened to the Jamaican Government, having received a comprehensive report from the Barry Chevannes-chaired National Commission...
In a recent article in one of our local newspapers, titled 'Education transformation for dummies', it was stated that education transformation in Jamaica is the "best-kept secret".Well, there is a secret within the secret...
When the first man on the Moon died last Saturday, President Barack Obama tweeted: "Neil Armstrong was a hero not just of his time, but of all time." Armstrong's final comment on Obama, on the other hand, was that the president's policy on manned space...
Prior to the bribery case in which Senior Superintendent of Police James Forbes has found himself enmeshed, he was widely regarded, by the media, wider public, and rank and file cops, as a professional of enviable integrity....
Don't hold your breath waiting for me to analyse the details of the Bicknell-Forbes-Vaz 'cass-cass'.I don't comment on the facts of cases pending before Jamaican courts...
It's kind of like a dog chasing its tail. Or as 'Yogi' Berra said, déjà vu all over again. No one is surprised at the theatrics cued by the announcement of an imminent resumption of the scrap metal trade...
Earl Witter, the public defender, is a smart guy and streetwise lawyer. He would know the saying about what people should do if they sit idly on the pot for too long in their bedchamber.
Language is a funny thing, isn't it? You could be living in the same country with people who technically speak the same language as you do, and still have absolutely no idea what they're talking about.When was the last time...
I am disappointed, and surprised, that to date there has been no statement of relief at the innocence of deputy mayor of Montego Bay, People's National Party (PNP) Councillor Michael Troupe.There has been no form of apology from those who pressed...
