I feel very passionately about how COVID-19 has unexpectedly settled in our nation, specifically, its impact on the Jamaican education system. As an educator and a parent, I am privy to dual modes in which the virus has contorted the educational...
Financial adviser, educator, and newspaper columnist Oran Hall is on the move again. Having co-authored the Handbook of Personal Financial Planning – a first for the local market – he has now produced his latest book appropriately titled...
How can I not miss her? By Bannong Liu Translated by Rick Rugang Ye A few silky clouds float in the sky. Embracing the ground, a gentle breeze blows by. Oh! It touches and stirs my hair. How can I not miss her – my fair? Moonlight is in...
New Local Space (NLS) continues to support artists with direct funding, mentorship, and a platform for experimentation, developing local talent and connections to leading international art institutions and practitioners in the diaspora. This year...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The construction worker stood on his tiptoes and tried to arrange a crown of thorns on a statue of Jesus while architect Jorge Rigau fired a flurry of directions from beneath the ladder. “Grab it like this and move it...
There is something about historical perspectives – they seldom cease to awe or intrigue us. As we talk of perspectives, the monuments across the world, from the pyramids in Egypt, the Great Wall of China, ancient cities of Rome and Athens, the...
A Drinking Song I dwell in my hut on the busy street, Not feeling bothered by the clamour there. Why can I make it a hermit’s retreat? My seclusive mind finds peace everywhere. By the east hedge wall, I’d pluck daisy flowers And watch the...
The Mother of Us All by Karla Gottlieb Reviewed by Elsa Joel A book is only the start of a long, certain journey. Any author would like to be reviewed by an unmotivated, impersonal reader. It is with this frame in mind that I review The Mother...
Georgetown University biochemistry professor Newton Howard placed Transformers Bumblebee and Optimus Prime at the entrance of his home in the Georgetown neighbourhood Washington. The Transformers have delighted and also caused a controversy in the...
A short story by Nicholas Lobban Out of the many treasures in the world, this was made to be one of the most mysterious … yet exciting. In a land, there lived a fortune teller who travelled, giving many people their fortunes. Some were good,...
Woman of God, arise! Woman of God, arise! March forward! You are a queen! Arise like Esther who became queen and saved her people. Arise like Abigail who became King David’s wife through her grace, compassion and courage. Arise like Mary,...
Recently, I surveyed religious street art and graffiti in Kingston, Jamaica. I saw numerous Rastafari-related images, such as His Imperial Majesty (HIM), the Lion of Judah and the Rasta Ites, on wall, carts, stalls, shops, fences, and buses. One...
The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors. As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent Salle des Etats, in what was once the world’s most-...
New Year’s Day Another year vanishes with firework smoke, Warm spring quietly sneaks into households. Opening doors and windows embrace a fresh sunshine, New lucky charms are up blessing a prosperous time. Written by Wang Anshi Translated by...
Book: Lost Stitches – Daniel Archer Melville with Rachel Manley Reviewer: Jeffrey Carl Cobham In part one of this review published last Sunday, February 21, the reviewer gave a general overview of the book as the author introduced us to his...
Lost Stitches – Daniel Archer Melville with Rachel Manley Reviewed by Jeffrey Carl Cobham The book’s full title, Lost Stitches – The Bostitch Legacy and My Crazy Jamaican Family, is something of a giveaway. From the title, we suspect that...
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you – Maya Angelou When asked what was his...
As part of the University of Technology (UTech) Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) curriculum, it is mandatory for final-year students to be engaged in the Finance Seminar to hone their leadership and critical-thinking skills. This year...
In the fourth and final part of this special initiative, we reproduce a chapter from the ethics handbook highlighting the need for solidarity. This handbook, written by Professor R. Clive Landis, chair of the task force, and Dr Anna Kasafi Perkins...
Students across Australia have started the new school year using pencils, pens, and keyboards to learn to write. In workplaces, machines are also learning to write, so effectively that within a few years, they may write better than humans....
STEM is an emerging approach to learning and development that integrates the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The approach is designed to position our youth to access the unfolding opportunities presented by the...
In the third part of this special initiative, we reproduce a chapter from the ethics handbook highlighting the need for solidarity. This handbook, written by Professor R. Clive Landis, chair of the task force, and Dr Anna Kasafi Perkins, ethicist...
I am in love with poetry You are beautiful to me. Your presence is powerfully wonderful. You have a special way with words that electrify my soul. Your personality is hypnotising. Your ideas are diverse and...
The field of virtual teaching and learning is growing exponentially, hence the need for high-quality online programmes. With the challenges of COVID-19, schools are grappling with approaches that can catapult successful online teaching and learning...
