- Two St Ann cops arrested on corruption charges 7:42 PM
- Clarendon cocoa farmers disgruntled over outstanding payments 7:38 PM
- Adequate food supply to meet demand, Kellier assures nation 6:54 PM
- Tuberculosis-stricken man arrested after refusing treatment 6:32 PM
- Sabina floodlight installation ‘on track’ says UDC 6:24 PM
- Commonwealth Games: Jamaica, Kenya dominate track and field 6:13 PM
- Health centre in west central St Catherine refurbished 5:52 PM
- Crime Stop is safe; No compromise to its network, says chairman 5:26 PM
- JPS utility pole damaged in bush fire worry Irish Town residents 5:09 PM
- FOREX: $112.83 to one US dollar 4:59 PM
- Enough is enough on child abuse, says Hanna 4:24 PM
- PHOTOS: Fantastic 1-2-3 finish 4:10 PM
- Andrew Riley wins Gold for Jamaica 2:47 PM
- GOLD SILVER BRONZE 2:42 PM
- COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Jamaicans out of men’s 400m final 2:35 PM
- Commonwealth Games: Kimberly Williams wins triple jump gold 2:03 PM
- I was under no pressure, says 100m champion Bailey Cole 1:54 PM
- JC footballer collapses, dies 1:33 PM
- Holness to tour drought affected southern St Elizabeth 1:29 PM
- Dad accidentally delivers baby into toilet 12:59 PM
- Two of five in MOCA forgery case denied bail 12:45 PM
- Bodies of fishermen feared killed by pirates wash ashore in Guyana 11:55 AM
- Fourth International Reggae Wine Festival for MoBay 11:47 AM
- One dead as 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Mexico 11:41 AM
- Jamaica win CUT games, break 13 records 11:11 AM
Editorial
The Hon Raymond Chang: A loss we'll not soon overcome
AN article in the January 7, 2011 edition of the Toronto Star probably best captured the essence of Mr Raymond Chang's life. Aptly headlined 'Raymond Chang: The covert philanthropist', the article highlighted just a few of the many donations he made to worthy causes. For example, Mr Chang, the art ... Read More
Do more than talk, Mr Green
Highly educated and, we suspect, very well read, Mr Floyd Green will know that the political ideals ... Read More
Taking our honorary consuls for granted
The loss of Jamaica's former honorary consul to Atlanta and prominent attorney Mr Vin Martin, who di ... Read More
Shame on you, WICB
WE suspect that it has never happened that a Jamaica Under-19 cricket team finds itself being praise ... Read More
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 Orchestra of the Americas must be highly commended. Attendance at the recital also displayed clearly that there exists in our country a thirst for quality entertainment and that Jamaicans can exhibit ... 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 inability of several disabled persons to get access to Gordon House to be present on the historic moment. The lack of a ramp at the seat of government is obviously shameful and sends a bad signal to the rest of the country that the disabled really don't count. We expect that this sad state of affair will be corrected in short order. Still, we won't let that incident overshadow the monumental si ... 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 disasters, both in regard to their frequency and severity, in particular hurricanes. Disaster preparedness is therefore an important mitigating factor. Some climates, such as Jamaica's, have a seasonal pattern of rainfall. We have two rainy seasons and in between there are dry periods. If these dry periods are longer than usual they are described as droughts. In a small land mass like Jamaica a ... Read More
The worsening drought — let's conserve, conserve, conserve!
WATER and Climate Change Minister Robert Pickersgill's announcement Sunday night that the drought currently affecting the island will not ease soon, is a worrying thought. According to Minister Pickersgill in his national broadcast, "the El Nino weather phenomenon that is currently affecting our weather pattern is projected to continue and will result in no significant increase of rainfall even during the next rainy season, which is from October to November". Place that on top of the sparse ra ... 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
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