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Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:07 AM

It is not difficult to assume that the police are in a mode of passive resistance to the introduction or wearing of body cameras. Otherwise, people who follow these things would have to find a credible explanation for why in not even a single case...

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 12:06 AM

With opinion polls showing almost dead heat for the two candidates in key swing states, moments, before United States elects its first female president, it is once again at a very nervy electioneering. Since the ratification of the 19th Amendment...

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 12:06 AM

The Barbados government is working to promote healthier lifestyles for children through the Barbados School Nutrition Policy (BSNP), which was launched and implemented in 2023. This initiative aims to provide children with access to safe,...

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Have you noticed the increased and sustained public concern about correcting the fundamental flaws in our education system? It seems that the frightening PEP and CSEC results have awakened many of us who previously have accepted the pabulum of...

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 7:36 AM

The Gleaner congratulates Christopher Zacca on two accounts. First, for his deserved induction into the Private Sector of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) Hall of Fame. Mr Zacca has been a public-spirited executive who has held several critical positions in...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:12 AM

This newspaper previously set out a list of priorities for the new education minister, Dana Morris Dixon, to pursue during the early period of her tenure. We, however, unwittingly omitted a fourth issue, which should be linked to our suggestion...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:12 AM

For much of Jamaica’s economic history, we have struggled to achieve sustained, high levels of growth. Our journey has been marked by significant volatility and periodic shocks, which created an unstable growth trajectory. For instance, we would...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:11 AM

Climate change has created a multi-hazard environment for which UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 states that developing nations alone will need between $215 and $387 billion to deal with the fallout from climate change. While much has been said...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:11 AM

Sauce for the gander and duck. What interest is it to Jamaicans who wins in the American presidential election on Tuesday? Having lived through an era, where foreign governments and nationals have interfered with our sovereignty and democratic...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:11 AM

It was very difficult for me to watch the social media video of Dr Robert Brady, a US-based surgeon section chief at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut, expressing his deep distress and disappointment over “some very clear infrastructure issues” at...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:07 AM

For more than 10 years, safety of sport equipment in schools has been part of the national conversation. Nationwide concern about equipment used in competitive or recreational sport was triggered by the 2011 deaths of three students who were struck...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:05 AM

On September 19, I wrote an article titled ‘The death of truth’, from a deep sense of alarm at the spread of deliberate lies, misinformation, and disinformation about matters that are critical to the well-being of people everywhere. At stake are...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:05 AM

The film, The Joker is Wild, came out in 1957 when I was 12 years old. Now, 67 years later, the joker, instead of reaching the heights, has reached the depths of disgust, especially in the US where there is a fight to the finish. Either the entire...

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:07 AM

Having decided not to go outside Parliament for a replacement, and given the depth of the government’s benches, Prime Minister Andrew Holness couldn’t have made a better choice than Fayval Williams as Nigel Clarke’s successor as finance minister....

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:06 AM

The unpopularity of the Holness administration has led to calls for a cabinet reshuffle at least since the middle of May last year. Many felt that the appointment of new government senators Dana Morris-Dixon and Abka Fitz-Henley at that time was a...

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:05 AM

A problem has been brewing for many years now that has managed to chase many Jamaicans off the island in search of a better life elsewhere. It’s the housing crisis. It is estimated that of the almost three million people in Jamaica, roughly 25 per...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:12 AM

Jamaica has a profoundly moral obligation to unequivocally condemn the vote by Israel’s Knesset to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). So, too, must the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). For...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:07 AM

RECENTLY, CHINESE President Xi Jinping attended the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. This marked his first overseas visit after the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the first BRICS Summit...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:06 AM

TUESDAY EVENING’S public lecture on Jamaica’s critical cybersecurity framework was an eye opener for those of us who are not on the frontlines of the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between cybercriminals and law-enforcement agencies. For those who are...

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 5:56 AM

As the presidential election approaches, Democrats are buzzing with enthusiasm. This fervour is critical; it can drive the momentum that determines the winner. The stakes in this 2024 presidential election are extremely high; this election is...

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 5:55 AM

There have been several meetings to follow in the last two weeks. There was the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, October 22-23; the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, October 25-26; and the opening of the 16th meeting of...

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 5:52 AM

With general election on the horizon and the penchant of governments in these circumstances to find creative ways to open the financial spigots, Courtney Williams is getting into the business end of his job at a critical period, especially with...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:06 AM

We make jokes about it. Some of us feel uncomfortable speaking about it. Some of us feel guilt when we do it. And we give it weird and humorous names such as “choking the chicken”, “spanking the monkey”, “ringing the devil’s doorbell”, “rubbing one...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Early voting in the US elections is well under way in many states, but the majority of Americans will vote on November 5. Many critical issues are on the ballot, but democracy is paramount for the future of America and for liberal democracies...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:06 AM

They may be offended that we do so, insisting that the concerns raised therein are not a threat in Jamaica. Recent events, however, cause The Gleaner to differ. We, therefore, bring to the attention of Jamaica’s political parties and key...

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