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Published:Sunday | January 2, 2022 | 12:07 AM

During the past few years, seaweed has been considered a nuisance in the Caribbean, with its presence tarnishing pristine beaches and deterring tourism. The “weed” within its name doesn’t help public perception, therefore, “seaplant” will be used...

Published:Sunday | January 2, 2022 | 12:06 AM

This year, the construction industry shall remain buoyant. This shall augur well for citizens’ associations and neighbourhood communities that are organised and vigilant. Citizens shall know their rights and enforce their covenants while at the...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:09 AM

Recently, Jamaica saw the establishment of a Mango Agro Park valued at nearly $100 million and there is a commitment to growing the fruit as reported in the news. The Agro Investment Corporation estimates an Internal Rate of Return of 59 per cent...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:08 AM

It’s the time of year when New Year resolutions should be recommended. So here goes. How about we resolve to stop policing other people’s garment choices, especially when those other people are women? Recently there was a furore when Rihanna went...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:08 AM

The second part of a two-part series on the way that the hyperscalers now control our digital world. The hyperscalers that control the Internet have become so rich and powerful because there is a natural tendency for public Internet spaces to...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:08 AM

First there was the unprecedented nine-month lockdown in 2020 when the country was caught up in the uncertainties of an unwanted visitor: COVID 19. Then in 2021 as we swore we knew enough about it, the Government instituted haphazard versions of...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:08 AM

The British and other cultures make a big deal about not having your cake and eating it too. Unlike we Caribbean people, they see the possession and demolition of a cake belonging to you as two mutually exclusive options. The Germans say, “You can’...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:07 AM

The destruction by tornadoes of Kentucky, a south-eastern State of the United States of America (US), on December 12, has lessons for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as 2022 dawns amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:06 AM

In 2021, we witnessed moments that are significant enough to alter the trajectory of a sector’s energy bill or to mark a shift into a resilient development pathway through breakthrough policy mandates. The UNDP Multi-Country Office in Jamaica has...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:06 AM

“No healthcare worker should be working unless they are FULLY VACC-INA-TED!” said the mayor of May Pen, banging his hands on the lectern for the emphasis no one needed. The mayor was certainly uninhibited when he spoke earlier this week on this...

Published:Sunday | December 26, 2021 | 12:06 AM

With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounting for almost 80 per cent of deaths in Jamaica, we have witnessed the exacerbation of these lifestyle diseases due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic throughout 2021. Statistics from the...

Published:Sunday | December 19, 2021 | 12:13 AM

Skin bleaching and hair straightening are indicators of self-hate. Chemically processing oneself to look like a contrived version of brown or white people shows the internalisation and reproduction by Africans and other people of colour of racist...

Published:Sunday | December 19, 2021 | 12:13 AM

This is part one of a two-part series on the way that the hyperscalers now control our digital world. The world’s social, economic, and cultural systems are being transformed by the digital revolution. It has already upended the media and...

Published:Sunday | December 19, 2021 | 12:12 AMNed Brown - Guest Columnist

My good friend, (retired) US Ambassador Luis Moreno called recently to ask my advice on how to help two former State Department colleagues get their ambassadorial nominations confirmed by the US Senate. After all, I managed to get Moreno’s...

Published:Sunday | December 19, 2021 | 12:08 AM

This edition of Reparation Conversations highlights utterances of Britain’s Prince Charles, who represented Queen Elizabeth II at the presidential inauguration ceremony in Barbados . His acknowledgement of the “appalling atrocities of slavery”...

Published:Sunday | December 19, 2021 | 12:06 AM

Recently, Nationwide conducted at least two interviews with senior people at HEART/NSTA Trust, which is that huge agency whose mandate attempts to correct at the back end some major systemic flaws in Jamaica’s education. A 16-year-old student from...

Published:Sunday | December 19, 2021 | 12:06 AM

With apologies to Jimmy Fallon, there are only six more sleeps ’til Christmas. So Government has relaxed pandemic restrictions and announced the lifting of work-from-home orders for public servants. In practically the same breath, the PM, Health...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:11 AM

In November, Jamaica celebrated National Youth Month. This month commemorates the impact of youth from across the globe in their respective fields. However, it is also important to discuss the importance of youth involvement locally. Youth...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:10 AM

After almost 400 years of British colonial and post-colonial relations, Barbados is finally a republic. This is an important step in the unfinished business of decolonisation that has renewed the discussion in Jamaica and across the Caribbean about...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:10 AM

Earlier this year, I watched with interest a news item shared on a TVJ news broadcast where citizens living on Paddington Terrace, and in surrounding communities in St. Andrew, complained of construction work being done on Sundays, disrupting their...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:10 AM

The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) notes with concern weak or absent mechanisms to address conflicts of interest which have the real or perceived potential to undermine sound public health decision-making and regulations. Recent regional...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:09 AM

This is the eighth and last in a series of articles looking at the ways that the world will change between now and 2050 and analysing the implications for Jamaica’s future. It will be a much hotter and more crowded world in 2050. There will be...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:09 AM

I met Clear Polish in 2015. He was on a high unlike most of the deportees I knew. He was physically imposing and liberally splotched with tattoos. The only time I imposed on his personal space was to tell him that I found his tattoos distasteful....

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:05 AM

Those who believe it meant nothing to England when Barbados “severed ties” with the Monarchy better think again. Traditional Brits are incensed that “Bim”, formerly England’s most reliable devotee, dared to believe it could survive without Queen...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:05 AMNed Brown - Guest Columnist

Never in my four decades of working in US politics and elections would I anticipate looking to Jamaican politics for lessons to be learned. However, in the past five years, there are some interesting correlations between the two countries. During...

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