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It remains dumbfounding that two years after the Patterson Commission delivered its report on overhauling Jamaica’s education system, the document has not been tabled in Parliament, and neither has the Holness administration engaged a full-throated...
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In my article of June 19, 2018, titled ‘Trade critical to achieving UN Goals’, I pointed to the importance attached to international trade in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Goal 17, addressing partnerships, points to...
“Tribal (global) war wi nuh want no more ah dat! Tribal (global) war ah nuh dat wi ah defend… No more war, no more war! Tribal (global) war wi nuh want no more ah dat!” - Tribal War, Little Roy Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil...
The Government and the Opposition should keep two things in mind about the latest poll finding on the impeachment and recall of members of parliament (MPs): the ideas are popular with voters; and their implementation would be good for Jamaica by...
Across the galaxies, in fantasyland, Apocrypha, where all politicians are friends and Oma D’unn solved political problems by parable, Legal Affairs Minister Maline Malaprop was disturbed. The Apocryphan Opposition had threatened to frustrate her...
“Do you have any Queens?” “Go Fish.” “Do you have any Kings?” “Go Fish.” Yes, this is a game we may have played. Each player fishing for cards, in pursuit of as many pair as possible and ultimately winning the game. Today, scammers are on...
Nearly a year ago, this newspaper proposed Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley to succeed António Guterres as secretary general of the United Nations (UN) when the former Portuguese prime minister completes his second term at the end of 2026....
It’s a great pleasure to take this opportunity to share the joy with Jamaican friends to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. On behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica and the Chinese Permanent Mission...
“Mi no confident him yet”! That was her declaration when I enquired why she was not thinking of getting married to her boyfriend. Never mind that the two of them had been “deh” for over eight years and were parents of the two children she had...
Cynics might claim that voters have finally caught up with Prime Minister Andrew Holness, even if he may have since changed his mind. What, however, findings of the poll on the attitude of Jamaicans to term limits for political leaders clearly...
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A week ago, The Sunday Times broke the news: “Degree course to open for online influencers.” Not even a respectable media house like The Times could resist the hype. That provocative headline does not tell the whole story. I heard about the...
It goes without saying that people need leadership in families, communities, businesses, and the entire nation. However, we need responsible leadership; without it, families, communities, businesses, and the nation are doomed to fail. People who...
If you completed your high school education here in the 1970s or 1980s you already got an elite education, which put you in a range way past the average American or British citizen of that epoch. It’s no accident that Tanya Chutkan, the judge...
Vandalism is a misdemeanour so it is not viewed in the harsh light of violent crimes such as murder. Indeed, vandalism, regarded as a soft crime, is not likely to be ranked high among concerns for law enforcement officials who have seen gun...
My friend Sose was angry and came into the bar ready for war. “I will coffee down. True. I will coffee down and jump on his face. Let me catch him and when I finish coffee down he dead!” Believing that a little sweetening and the milk of human...
