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...
REVEREND STANLEY Redwood, in his resignation remarks as president of the Senate, claimed that his reason for migrating was that he puts his family first - a family which consists of talented children.Redwood was lauded by both sides of the House for his...
We, like Dr Peter Phillips, believe that ditching Jamaica's political ombudsman would be premature. For we are not sanguine that the transformation of the political culture which gave rise to the post has been fully achieved.
In 4500 BC, two priestesses trekked up the steep and misty hill of Sinai. And Stiffneckus Principalis spoke from amid the sulphurous fog, saying, "I am he which hath brought thee out of the land of freedom into the house of bondage.
There are many stupid people in this country and in this world.Already, some of you may be foaming at the mouth and baring your fangs, upset at what you've already determined, without context, to be a rude statement.
Floyd Morris' elevation to the presidency of the Jamaican Senate is symbolically important.For whether he wishes to be so or not, Mr Morris is a torch-bearer to many thousands of blind and visually impaired persons in Jamaica and those with others forms...
On Sunday, May 12, some editorial genius at The Gleaner actually published the following headline: 'Expect no privacy in public spaces'.Duh? For this to reach my front door, somebody must've thought of it; then had the brainless temerity to submit it to...
We agree with the proposal by Ronald Thwaites, the education minister, for a "positive, value-laden and age-appropriate family-life curriculum" in Jamaica's schools....
We've seen it on the news too many times over the years. An unassuming teenager who 'never really fit in' shows up at school in some obscure town in the United States, with a gun, and opens fire...
A patient of mine who is a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was maintaining a police presence, parked in a marked police vehicle, close to an intersection with a very major thoroughfare in St Andrew.As he observed the traffic ...
On Easter Monday morning, I was really shocked and saddened to see Jamaica at its worst.In the past, whereas Jamaica would have celebrated Easter in our Sunday best, fully decked out heading off to worship with smiles and sunshine on our faces and a hymn in our hearts ...
It is critical for all stakeholders - whether economic, political, security or the civil society - to seek divine insight for the nation to move forward.The key questions for all organisations at this point are: 'How do I...
It would be foolhardy at the commencement of any trial for attorneys to believe they will be persuasive with only an opening statement. I dare not believe that, and as such I welcome the dialogue triggered by the response to my column on May 5.
If it were commerce and their product was as consistently bad as the education outcomes delivered by Jamaica's teachers, the enterprise would be either out of business, or in receivership and the bulk of its employees out of work.
Having read Ronald Mason's blast against CARICOM, and the insipid reply by Hilbourne Watson, I must intervene. The whole thinking about CARICOM has gone off track. This business of whether Jamaica should be in or out is beside the point. Who told Trinidad and Barbados to set up shop in our backyard?
A so old-time people seh. An a no so-so farm work dem dida talk bout. A man an woman business. Everybody have fi dem owna match. Hoe an stick wi find dem one anodder.
Reminiscent of his own characterisation of the USA's response to his proposal for a New International Economic Order ("Ronald Reagan killed it with a smile"), Michael Manley met my suggestion that Jamaica disband the Jamaica Defence Force with a devastating smile.
This newspaper readily applauds any measure that aims at efficiently handling the day-to-day operations of the nation's capital, and indeed all other municipalities.
