Even though I no longer go to the horse races, some people still call me a “bookie”. Others call me a “book worm”. They’re so completely off the track that I rail at them. What I am is a book dragon, and not just an ordinary one like the Komodo,...
Let us be very clear: the results of last Monday’s local government elections are resultant attempts by both parties to either buy votes for themselves, or to block votes for the other side by paying electors to stay home. Our politicians have...
AI tools have become integral to our teaching and learning experiences for more than a year. Tools such as ChatGPT and Gemina (formerly known as Bard) stand out as the most widely adopted across various industries. They offer considerable relief...
Both men should have had the decency to make the decision themselves. They did not. But at long last, Everald Warmington was forced to resign from the Cabinet. Happily, Dennis Meadows was de-selected as the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP)...
When the dust finally settles from Monday’s municipal elections and the local government councillors take their seats, the 2016 Local Governance Act, and related legislation, should be required reading for each member, on which they are tested....
FOR THE third week running, I find myself continually fascinated with the subject of Jamaica’s falling Total Fertility Rate (TFR). And it would seem that I’m not the only one as just a few days ago, news out of the United Kingdom revealed that the...
MORE AND more Jamaicans have begun to take better care of themselves. This is evident in the recent surge observed in people walking, jogging, riding, attending a gym or just increasing their physical activities by playing more sports, on a regular...
Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 12:07 AM
Though Jamaica’s local government elections on Monday were hotly contested, there was an extremely low voter turnout. This voter apathy shows clear lack of enthusiasm in the Jamaican people in the direction the country is heading. The overall...
Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 12:06 AM
Mark Golding clearly exaggerated in declaring his People’s National Party (PNP) victorious in Monday’s municipal elections. Mr Golding, however, does have significant positive takeaways from the outcomes, just as Prime Minister Andrew Holness...
Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 12:06 AM
As we await the outcome of the 46th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference, which started in Georgetown, Guyana, on Sunday, February 25, and of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which commenced on Monday...
The Redheaded Stranger says the high is gone; the party’s over; all the free samples have disappeared; withdrawal has begun. I can’t believe that it’s all over baby Not after all that we’ve been through I can’t believe that you no longer love...
If you are expecting “mix-up” in this article, I am sorry. You will be disappointed. However, if you are interested in human behaviour, this may interest you. This article concerns Cindy Breakspeare’s public birthday tribute to Bob Marley. It is...
There are two recently announced, and related, policy actions with transformative potential for Jamaica’s industrial development, which aren’t receiving the attention they deserve. Their value is not so much in the resources they now have on the...
That was the pithy conclusion of the lady trying to negotiate the new immigration procedures for persons entering Jamaica. My own experience forces me to sympathise. There used to be the form given you on the airplane which when completed and...
There is plenty that will occupy Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders during their summit in Guyana, which formally began yesterday. But no matter whatever else is on their agenda, the heads of government must pay significant attention to Haiti’s...
The Gleaner published, on January 24, the results of the performance of students from Jamaica on examinations related to Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). One of the areas highlighted was the relatively poor performance of our...
Thank God for local government elections! It seems as if in the runup to tomorrow’s clash between Green and Orange, the Papine Market dump got some attention from the powers that be. Incidentally, we simply must find a way to remove the stigma of...
Tomorrow, Jamaicans get to do what only two other modern democracies have been able to do before us. Do not take this for granted; there are still millions of citizens and residents across the world who are unable to vote in the countries in which...
The local government elections will take place tomorrow, Monday, February 26. Election campaigns always include bashing one another and making the obligatory but [often] empty campaign promises. It is likely that there will be a low voter turnout...
It came at the 11th hour and doesn’t address most urgent questions about service delivery that will face new councils immediately after tomorrow’s municipal elections. But as the adage goes, it’s better late than never. In this case, the...
I recently moved to a rural community and have found the most welcoming neighbours. Having lived previously in urban communities, I noticed differences in community dynamics. Urban and rural communities often have tight-knit groups, where members...
Traffic management and control is the next big problem that Jamaica must fix. New opportunities are being provided for the movement of goods and people through the expanding road network which offers economic and social benefits by connecting...
I knew that my Jamaican friends referred to their country as the “Rock” and so we got “Jamrock”. What I didn’t know was that the present prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, liked being “Leggo di ‘Brogad’” based on a song “Custom” by Deejay...
When the foreign ministers of the world’s wealthiest nations gathered in Brazil from February 21, Haiti’s dire situation found a brief moment of attention – not in the main agenda but on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Rio de...
Jamaica’s two major political parties engaged in a series of two local government debates last week. As it turns out, the debates were, more or less, an opportunity for both political parties to do some more campaigning, and not by introducing...
