The Jamaica Library Service has welcomed the donation of 240 copies of Mayer Matalon’s biography ‘Mayer Matalon: Business, Politics and the Jewish-Jamaican Elite’ from son Joseph Matalon, chairman of ICD Group Holdings. Written by Diana Thorburn,...
Education must result in purifying one’s perceptions. It must develop and coordinate moral and spiritual urges and ensure good character. While discriminating between “good” and “bad”, the educated person must apply the criterion of service to...
Jamaica’s first general elections under self-government was held in December 1944. This election was won by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), led by Alexander Bustamante. Bustamante was majority leader in the House of Representatives. The then 15 -...
February 1, 2022, is the Chinese New Year’s Day, the year of the tiger. And the Winter Olympic Games opens three days later on the fourth. What a week! Two important events for the Chinese people, and also for Jamaicans. I heard the news that nine...
EDUCATION MUST result in purifying one’s perceptions. It must develop and coordinate moral and spiritual urges and ensure good character. While discriminating between ‘good’ and ‘bad’, the educated person must apply the criterion of service to...
WASHINGTON (AP) “Whom have I helped today?” That’s the question Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells kids she asks herself every night before she goes to sleep. Her new children’s book, Just Help! How to Build a Better World, challenges kids...
AS A student in the Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of the West Indies, Mona, in 2004-2005, I was the recipient of the British Council’s Commonwealth Split-Site Doctoral Scholarship. For a...
IN JAMAICA, there is much passion about the human rights abuses of slavery, but do you realise that there is no national monument in Jamaica in memory of the victims of slavery which existed here from 1494 to 1834? The Spanish were involved in...
Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, singer, actress, and educator, Louise Simone ‘Miss Lou’ Bennett-Coverley, OM, OJ, MBE, had the instinctive wisdom to relate language to identity. As a people who have long since lost our identity, we continue to...
I have visited our Parliament, Gordon House, several times. On my first visit, I was extremely disappointed, having visited or seen parliament buildings in other countries, including in the Caribbean. Jamaica’s Parliament has not matched up to my...
The first few days in January is the usual time of the year when most of us take stock of our personal lives and set new goals for a more successful year. If most of us were to carry out a serious forensic evaluation of our pledges over the last...
Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn to Shakespeare – he is a figure associated with tradition and the...
Students! It is not enough to know what inner and external right conduct is. It is vital that both inner and external right conduct is practised. The ancient scriptures, the Vedas, declare ‘Speak Truth and Live according to Right Conduct’. Right...
AMSTERDAM (AP) Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic and huge painting “The Night Watch” is now also a supersized museum photo delivered right to your laptop in unsurpassed detail. The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum on Monday put on its digital portal what it...
Last month, patrons had been mulling over Kenyan Jamaican artist Mazola wa Mwashigandhi’s ‘Messianic Parables’ in his ‘Playground’ studio at Craig Hill in St Andrew. “Messianic Parables is a visual and poetic interrogation and reinterpretation of...
The role of teachers in our education system is extremely important and, very often, the various problems in schools are aggravated by teachers who are not professional, dedicated and committed. What are some of the qualities of a really...
Drawing is a powerful tool of communication. It helps build self-understanding and can boost mental health. But our current focus on productivity, outcomes and “talent” has us thinking about it the wrong way. Too many believe the myth of “I can’t...
Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar, and Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi. Instead of mourning his death,...
“Let us move together, let us grow together Let us foster the knowledge that we have earned together Let us live together in harmony” How many countries have won freedom from foreign rule, but sadly, have not won unity? Students! Unity is...
In this book, Monty Howell. Milestones of life among Rastafari, Linda Ainouche, award-winning documentary director and anthropologist, conveys a unique, unrivalled, and moving insight into the life of Monty Howell, the little-known eldest son of...
Huawei Jamaica, which has been involved in honing with Information Communication Technology (ICT) talent for the past five years through its Seeds for the Future programme, recently hosted a graduation with the attendance of the Juliet Holness, MP...
This collection of essays is the first of its kind to critically engage the oeuvre of Jamaican dancehall reggae artiste Tanya Stephens. Riding the hard-hitting, sensual, realness of Stephens, the contributors tackle her lyricism, social justice...
Long after he was killed, Myrtle Green-Burton wouldn’t let anyone wear her 17-year-old son’s high school track team jacket. James Earl Green, an aspiring Olympic runner, was supposed to receive the green and yellow coat at his graduation in...
Onerous My life is getting harder First my other mother She decided to change her life and live for the better Then, her husband got shot and saw life’s latter I’m no longer shy; I am going through an ordeal So, my brother’s brother got a...
