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Editorial
Lesson for us in the Amazon fires
It will take quite a while to put out the fires that are now raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. What effect this disaster will have on our planet is yet to be seen; however, we can't ignore the fact that the Amazon, regarded as the “lungs of the Earth” because it... Read More
Talk is not cheap
An essential ingredient for economic growth is confidence. It allows producers, investors, consumers, and business people to operate in ways that are conducive to economic growth. In the absence of confidence, producers, investors, and consumers will make decisions...... Read More
New season, new hopes for schoolboy football
Believe it or not, a whole year has passed and the start of the Under-19 schoolboy football season is just two weeks away.... Read More
Let justice run its course...even in the church
Yesterday's edition of the Jamaica Observer carried a banner story that should evoke much concern.... Read More
ACP Welsh's balderdash
AT the launch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) in December 2018 Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson issued the following warning: “Persons doing the right thing have nothing to be concerned about, and persons who... Read More
Mr Noel Dexter, a great but humble man
Reflecting on the life Jamaican musicologist, composer and director Mr Noel Dexter took us to the following comment made by late United States President Harry Truman: “In reading the lives of great men I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... Read More
Important that JISCO/Alpart speaks
News that there could possibly be job cuts at the JISCO/Alpart alumina plant in Nain, St Elizabeth is certainly not encouraging to the people who are likely to be affected, the community in which the plant is located and the country in general. Read More
Hoping good sense will prevent a global economic recession
There is nothing inevitable about a global economic recession because the world has learned how to reduce the intensity of a downsizing and to head off the worst. The art of economic policy is not perfect. Economists may not know how to produce economic growth but they certainly know... Read More
Weak global growth likely to mean US slowdown, not recession
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — How fragile is the global economy? The US-China trade war is weakening businesses in both countries, Germany's economy shrank in the second quarter, and Britain appears headed for a disruptive exit from the European Union this... Read More
Happy for Ms Williams, but clarity needed, JAAA
The headline 'Hallelujah!' on Friday's back page of the Jamaica Observer perhaps summed up best the feelings of most Jamaican track and field followers regarding reprieve for celebrated hurdler Miss Danielle Williams. Read More
Warning in those microplastic particles in the Arctic
One scientist described it as “a punch in the gut”. It may not have felt like that to us here in the Caribbean, but the detection of minute microplastic particles in the Arctic and the Alps, reported this week, should have jolted us enough to keep our eyes focussed on what is... Read More
More reason to debate sexual harassment Bill
T he allegations of sexual harassment made by junior doctors against their seniors and reported in this newspaper on Monday should give the joint select committee appointed to review the sexual harassment Bill a lot of food for thought when it starts... Read More
PNP's election-monitoring committee needs to step in
Early last month when the political joust started in the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) over Mr Peter Bunting's leadership challenge to party President Dr Peter Phillips, we had asked whether the combatants on both sides would have heeded an appeal from Mr A J Nicholson to end nasty... Read More
IDB's road safety concerns legitimate
The points raised by Mrs Therese Turner Jones at the inaugural Caribbean Road Safety Workshop last Thursday are of great importance and should be taken seriously by all law-abiding Jamaicans. Read More
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