In Focus

The history of Bob Marley and the Wailers has become so distorted over time as every music industry yearner stakes a claim to a piece of his legacy that I’m compelled to set the record straight insofar as I can. An August 12 article from online...

In our anthem, we pray: “Justice, truth be ours forever.” These words seem aspirational rather than actual. If the tune could carry, they should be reordered to: “Truth and justice be ours forever,” as you must first have truth to foster justice....

What a preckeh since the latest living conditions survey (tabled August 2) established that poverty increased by 2.2% in 2017! Nothing but dysfunction has followed. The saddest part was the deplorable but unsurprising glee with which the PNP...

Rain and flashes of lightning were doing their thing as the three-year-old youngster rolled at warp speed on his scooter through the huge living room. “Is it powered?’”I asked his father, Peter Bunting. “No, that’s just him,” he said. We were...

“The PRC’s purpose, objectives, and functions included a review of the following: “1.The current plans for upgrade of the refinery and assessing them in relation to possible alternatives and against realistic options in respect of the future...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong ­became the first human to walk on the surface of that beautiful celestial orb we watch wax and wane from our home Planet Earth. On July 22, 2019, there was a protest rally in...

Senator Lambert Brown hates corruption with a passion. Many of us worry about him when there are senate sittings. Choking with rage and righteousness at the very hint of this scourge, we harbour fears of a myocardial infarction. His comrade leader...

The last time I heard the ex-education minister give a speech from a podium it was at a time when the days were much better for him. It was at a New Kingston hotel and his presentation covered various aspects of higher education. Not...

In July 2017, the Vice Chancellor and President of James Cook University (JCU), Professor Sandra Harding, invited me to join a team of experts researching and writing on issues related to the built environment in countries of the Tropics. The...

 Jamaica has had a long history of State corruption, aided and abetted by persons connected to the State or the party in power. To reduce the scale of corruption the PNP, while in power, drafted the Integrity Commission Bill...

The short answer to the interrogative headline of the Gleaner editorial published on Friday, July 5, 2019, 'Who's monitoring the road projects?', is 'We are.' ... 

On Sunday, July 7, the United States women’s national team (USWNT) won its fourth FIFA World Cup title. Overshadowing their brilliant play has been their battle with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to be paid on the same footing as the...