- World Junior Champs: Mason clocks National junior record in 110m hurdle silver 1:57 AM
- World Junior Champs: O’Hara on track for medal in 200m 1:34 AM
- Jamaica win first medal at World Junior Championships 10:26 PM
- World Junior Champs: Natallah Whyte makes women’s 200m final 8:53 PM
- 20th session of the International Seabead Authority closes in Kingston 8:18 PM
- CPL T20: T&T Red Steel fielding vs Amazon Warriors 8:05 PM
- Russian delegation at Seabed conference declines comment on flight MH17 7:54 PM
- Shaw says new tax measures threaten constitutional rights, business confidence 7:36 PM
- House approves two bills to facilitate improved tax compliance 7:31 PM
- UPDATE: Air Algerie plane with 116 aboard crashed in rainstorm 6:48 PM
- PHOTOS: 15th IAAF World Junior Championships 6:31 PM
- Condolence book opens for Sir Howard Cooke in Washington DC 5:51 PM
- FOREX: $112.83 to one US dollar 5:08 PM
- World Junior Champs: Hyde through to 400m H final 4:59 PM
- CPL T20: Samuels hopeful after Hawksbills suffer four defeats 3:54 PM
- 12 people injured as buses collide on Spanish Town Road 3:18 PM
- Alia breaks 50m breaststroke record again, into final 3:01 PM
- Al Miller led police on high speed chase, cop tells court 3:00 PM
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- Al Miller trial proceeds without Ellington, Bent 2:07 PM
- 'Vampire Diaries' Persia White weds in Ocho Rios 12:57 PM
- Ukraine PM resigns 12:44 PM
- Former Consul General to Atlanta Vin Martin dies 12:15 PM
- 61-y-o bus driver killed in St Ann crash 11:43 AM
- Facebook profit jumps to US$791m, ad revenues US$2.68b 11:24 AM
Editorial
Take a bow, Dr Nigel Clarke
JUDGING from the large turnout at Emancipation Park Wednesday night, it is clear that Jamaicans have an appreciation for classical music. The decision, therefore, by Senator Nigel Clarke and the other organisers to add Wednesday night's free recital to what was originally a two-concert tour by the ... Read More
Disabilities Bill: Better (10 years) late than never
Tuesday's passing in Parliament of the much-awaited Disabilities Bill was marred, ironically, by the ... Read More
Water shortage in Jamaica is a man-made disaster, not an act of God
THERE is no doubt that the small island developing states of the Caribbean are vulnerable to natural ... Read More
The worsening drought — let's conserve, conserve, conserve!
WATER and Climate Change Minister Robert Pickersgill's announcement Sunday night that the drought cu ... Read More
Fake Clarks shoemakers, what a waste!
A mere glance at the photos would not alert you to the fact that the shoes confiscated by the police last week from an underground factory in Kingston were fake Clarks. In fact, the manufacturers of these fake shoes have obviously tricked thousands people for some time now as our report in last Friday's edition stated that the factory was being operated for more than two years. That the individuals who ran this operation decided to set it up in a building across from the Kingston Central Polic ... Read More
NAJASO, Jamaicans in the US look to the future
The activities of the umbrella National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organisations (NAJASO) in the United States demonstrate that the role of the diaspora is much more than the remittances that it sends to families and organisations back home. NAJASO, which concluded its three-day 37th annual conference in the Washington, DC area yesterday, is itself in transition but has, unlike many other organisations, happily embraced the process, as was evident in the seminar and workshop discuss ... Read More
Let's learn from Treasure Beach
THIS newspaper has found good reason previously to laud BREDS, the admirably proactive community organisation in Treasure Beach, south St Elizabeth, which has been instrumental in the development of a sports complex there. We now find even more reason to shower praise following news that BREDS has attracted the joint support of leading public and private sector agencies in the further development of its sports facility. The story in Wednesday's sports pages tells us that the Culture, Health, A ... Read More
BRICS version of IMF, World Bank an intriguing development
The agreement of the BRICS nations to create their own development bank is undoubtedly a move to strengthen their political influence in developing countries. In fact, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) came close to admitting that in their statement on the decision issued on Tuesday at their summit in Brazil. According to the group, their New Development Bank (NDB), which will start off with US$50 billion in capital and eventually increase to US$100 billion, will use so ... Read More
Caricom finally makes some decisions, but deeds, not words please
USUALLY the Caricom Heads of Government (HOGS) conference is a feast of semantics, reciting the mantra of regional integration and making solemn commitments to implement decisions long overdue. At the end, most items have been merely noted or postponed. This time round, the recent summit in Antigua made some potentially important decisions. For example, the heads approved the Draft Strategic Plan for the Community, which identifies several key strategic priorities for the Community over the fiv ... Read More
Homosexuality: the long, painful search for workable rules of engagement
THE search for viable rules of engagement between homosexual and heterosexual Jamaicans will, regrettably, be a long, arduous and painful one, we think. In common with nearly every country across the globe, Jamaicans are agonising over whether homosexuality is to be accepted as normal or aberrational, and we don't, in this space, expect any considerable narrowing of the gap any time soon. But what we can reasonably expect is tolerance of the different lifestyles, while the search continues to ... Read More
Stop fulminating and promote investment
Whenever a country is doing badly economically there is always an immaturity in its political culture. This immaturity is evident when politicians in Opposition believe that their role is simply to oppose anything the Government proposes, even though they would be pursuing the exact policy if they were in government. In addition, some politicians do not know or adhere to the policies of the political party and government to which they belong. Jamaica is a case in point. Part of the damage cau ... Read More
Germany’s success a lesson for Jamaica
ABOUT a month before the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, FIFA.com asked Germany captain Mr Phillip Lahm what would he be doing on July 13. “Hopefully, playing football,” he replied with a smile. Yesterday, Mr Lahm got his wish… and more, as he proudly hoisted the World Cup trophy after a nail-biting final against Argentina in the historic Maracana Stadium. The single goal — scored by substitute Mr Mario Goetze — that separated both teams did more than giv ... Read More
Sir Howard Cooke: Selfless patriot
A defining quality of the men and women who gave birth to Jamaica’s modern political movement is their selflessness and unwavering commitment to the country’s development. Indeed, these individuals were true patriots, who never gave a thought to personal reward for their sacrifice. For them, the ultimate prize was a sovereign nation in which individual were respected as equals and its people could live in peace and enjoy the fruits of their labour. Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke, In ... Read More
Mr Zacca's appeal
MR Chris Zacca, the PSOJ president, made an interesting call at this week's Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange. It was time, he said, to stop talking down the Jamaican dollar which, for many months, has been falling against the US dollar. As is natural, this movement had acquired a certain momentum, verging on fear in some quarters due to its unpleasant consequences on the standard of living of almost every Jamaican. A key reason for the fall was that for much of that period there was a fundamen ... Read More
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