As a senior lecturer at Mico University College, Doran Dixon trains teachers. At least, that's what expected of him. In the normal scheme of things, Mr Dixon would be expected to urge his students to be led by facts and to arrive at evidence-based conclusions...
THE EDITOR, Sir:In the past, the loud sound-system parties running until 2 o'clock EVERY MORNING simply interrupted my sleep and left me severely annoyed.
In 2008, I was brought before the courts for late filing of my integrity report, and now that I will be required to file once again, I must admit that I will be filing late when that time comes...
Should there have been doubt over the main cause of the disaster that is education in Jamaica, the leadership of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) removed it last week.That they hung ineptitude, inadequacies, froth and ad hominem attacks out to...
It's one of the great conundrums of our time, apparently - how to balance the need of some sleep, with others' desire to be loud.Night-time street dances are part of our culture...
Once upon a time, those who were not filthy rich but had worked hard, perhaps had a pension plan and saved diligently, could survive on their 'passive income'...
We hear it all the time. The West is struggling to emerge from the Great Recession, challenges abound, strong leadership is needed. But surveying the landscape of the G7 countries, instead we have governments beset with scandals and internal divisions.
In sports, everybody wants to be a winner! There are numerous victories, defeats and all the emotions that go along with and surround the sporting arena.Everyone who is involved in sporting activities, from the sponsors...
Notwithstanding their incompetence in the organisational management of the courts, this newspaper has little cause to question either the judicial acumen or the integrity of Jamaican judges. So it is with caution that we note, and draw attention to what...
Britain's Black Debt is the intriguing title of a provocative book launched to much fanfare earlier this month by the University of the West Indies Press.
This newspaper is broadly sympathetic to last week's call by several private-sector persons for bans on the importation of agricultural products that are, or can be, grown in Jamaica.
How can Government suggest that agriculture presents the best hope for rural development when the agency charged with driving that vehicle is not given vital budgetary resources to undertake the job?
I was so distraught and infuriated on Friday, May 17, 2013 when I went to Devon House. Upon reaching, I realised that there was yellow tape around most of the trees which surrounded a wide area where persons would sit and relax.
On June 30, 1860, seven months after Charles Darwin published his famous book on evolution (On The Origin Of Species), several prominent British scientists and philosophers got into a very heated discussion at the Oxford University Museum. What makes the event memorable is a question that the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, asked Thomas Henry Huxley, a biologist known as 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his passionate advocacy on behalf of Darwin's theories.
As announced earlier this month by Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell, the latest regional PetroCaribe meeting, which he attended in Caracas, brought some reassuring news for Jamaicans. Agreements struck at that meeting not only continued, but actually expanded, oil-rich Venezuela's PetroCaribe arrangements with participating countries in the Caribbean.
On Wednesday last, this newspaper exposed the absolutely scandalous situation of widespread breaches of the Corruption (Prevention) Act by our public servants...
The squad for Jamaica's three upcoming World Cup qualifiers demonstrates that the coach is still keen on improving his squad, but even at this late hour is unsure of exactly who his best players...
This is the third in a series of columns by Jamaicans for Justice in commemoration of Child Month.It was lunchtime when Stacey'scaregiver, Ms Allen, instructed her to eat outside with the other wards....
The unreasonable and noisy effort by teachers to cling to their overgenerous and unaffordable leave and study entitlements has so far overshadowed another important policy initiative by Ronnie Thwaites.
We note the first communiqué by the public/private group committee that has undertaken to monitor Jamaica's latest agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and are particularly struck by two things...
YESTERDAY, MAY 22, was the fourth 'anniversary' of the dreadful Armadale fire in which seven girls died from fire-related injuries and most, if not all, of the 62 girls who were housed at the facility were left to tender to post-traumatic stress...
