I am deeply distressed that the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), or more correctly, the Council of Presidents of the Association, has taken steps to bar Mr Doran Dixon from running for the presidency of the association.The decision was taken...
Many Jamaican police act as if they think they're invulnerable; as if normal rules don't apply to them.Lest we forget: On March 20, 2012, 16-year-old Immaculate Conception High School student Vanessa Kirkland and five other people in a Suzuki Swift...
Last week's Sunday Gleaner featured the story 'Principals, teachers failing students'. In it, Senior Gleaner Writer Erica Virtue outlined some of the negative revelations of the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) for the period September 2011 to March 2012.
Mr Andrew Holness, the opposition leader, must ensure that when he publicly enunciates policy he can count on the support of his party and that his senior members are clear on what he proposes.Indeed, he should insist that his shadow Cabinet listen when...
Early last week, I happened upon a grave-digging in northern Clarendon.As you might know, this is often a big event in rural Jamaica. The community comes out to cook, share drinks and engage in general merriment as the grave is dug and the vault constructed.
In May, the Commonwealth Local Government Fraternity held its conference in Kampala, Uganda, under the theme 'Developmental Local Government: Putting Local Government at the Heart of Development'.Delegates...
We won't speculate what other influence Mr Paul Adams may have been under, except that he may have been intoxicated by the sound of his own voice.But the remarks delivered to teachers last Thursday night by the principal of the Herbert Morrison...
One of man's main responsibilities is the act of giving.Giving is the act that declares that we have conquered greed. There should be no discrimination or prejudice or wrong motives when it comes to giving.
Should there have been need of further evidence that the Caribbean is important to China's global political and economic strategy, we need look no further than Trinidad & Tobago this weekend.
This column is 1,000 per cent behind the JTA in this bangarang with the education minister. Having a little math in Jamaica is a (class) privilege and looks to remain that way, with only 20 per cent passes last year.
"Hold down an tek weh." That's exactly what it is. Protected lands on Long Mountain that, by law, should remain virgin territory for the benefit of all Jamaicans, for generations to come, have been captured and are about to be deflowered by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ).
Almost five years ago, in an article titled 'Jamaica's costly affair with CARICOM', I called attention to the gross economic abuse Jamaica suffers in its association with CARICOM and suggested that we should withdraw from our trading relationship with the group.
Every economic enterprise is organised to provide goods and services. They have identified a need and seek to fill the expectation of those they wish to severe.
The heads of state and government of our hemisphere, fully aware of the pressing challenge presented by the drug problem for the countries of our region, decided during the Sixth Summit of the Americas to look for alternative, and more effective, ways...
My wife sent me an article about an 80-year-old Japanese man who just climbed Mount Everest, and his rival, an 81-year-old Nepalese, who held the record for being the oldest man to do so when he was 76 and was determined to take back his record.
Murder is so commonplace in Jamaica that the country appears to have become inured to the grisly litany of death and mayhem that stalks the land. There seems to be no more outrage left for another wave of brutal murders.
Hey! I have a constitutional right to privacy! So let me tell you what I want to do in the privacy of my bedroom. But, wait a minute! What I want to do in the privacy of my bedroom is against the law...
Anyone who states that security at The University of the West Indies, Mona, is "a joke" ('Thieves school UWI', Sunday Gleaner, May 26, 2013) does so out of ignorance or misrepresentation of the facts. ...
It is settled opinion that corruption exacts a heavy price on Jamaica's economy and is a major contributor to its underdevelopment.This newspaper, therefore, is supportive of strong anti-corruption legislation, with robust systems and personalities...
Sometime around May 18, I watched a video on Facebook where a boy - allegedly a student of Camperdown High - cursed an older man who is alleged to be a teacher at that same institution...
I wish to lend my voice to support the minister of education, The Reverend Ronald Thwaites, on his position regarding the distribution of condoms in schools.
On May 18, Pandit Ramadhar Maragh's body was cremated according to the Hindu rites.He was born December 25, 1924 to parents Sukmar Maragh and his wife Edith...
This week, I heard the story of a housewife who was robbed at her gate by thugs who posed as delivery men. The thieves, travelling in a heavily tinted motor car, arrived at the woman's gate with clipboard...
