Editorial

Mr Robert Montague has put his job on the line

Last week, Minister of National Security Robert Montague invited his Opposition counterpart, Mr Peter Bunting, to join his freshly launched Security Programme Oversight Committee (SECURIPOC). Read More

Jamaica's political parties should aim for the moral high ground
Believe it or not, it's already close to 19 months since the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won the February 2016 parliamentary elections by a single seat.... Read More

It's not rocket science; disaster planning is a must
Given the vulnerability of the Caribbean to natural disasters it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that disaster planning must become front and centre in our existence.... Read More

Voting delegates should put Jamaica's football first
Given the various problems, not least the impasse which has delayed the start of the Red Stripe Premier League, interim Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Mr Bruce Gaynor will probably be a happy man at the end of today's voting congress.... Read More

Lesson from Irma: How easily Americans could become refugees, migrants

Friday, September, 15 2017

As debate in America about getting rid of immigrants heats up, it behooves those who are in a hurry to expel children who know no other country to contemplate their own future in the face of increasingly devastating natural disasters. Read More

Maturity, wisdom required in current IMF review

Thursday, September, 14 2017

We note that this week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Jamaica to conduct its quarterly review under the three-year stand-by precautionary arrangement. Read More

Climate change: For the night is dark and full of terrors

Wednesday, September, 13 2017

After seeing what hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose and, to a lesser extent, Katia have done to countries in this region over the past three weeks you cannot ignore all the signs that mankind is being affected by global warming. Read More

Barbuda 2.0: Rebuild devastated island into a modern tourist city

Tuesday, September, 12 2017

The devastation by Hurricane Irma of Barbuda, the sister island of Antigua, and the potential to rebuild it into a modern tourist city, proves once again that out of adversity can come opportunity. Read More

Good neighbourliness and self-preservation

Monday, September, 11 2017

For many Jamaicans the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma on the islands of the eastern and northern Caribbean and continuing on to Florida represents nightmarish reminders of the horrendous Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988. Read More

UWI sport faculty an idea whose time has come

Sunday, September, 10 2017

The recent establishment of a Faculty of Sports by The University of the West Indies (UWI), the first new faculty in over 40 years, is a bold initiative and an indication of modern thinking. Read More

That old problem of bad football fields

Saturday, September, 9 2017

This newspaper notes the recent comments by Mr Carlo Redwood, an executive of telecommunications giant Flow, regarding the poor state of fields on which most of Jamaica's schoolboy football is played. Read More

Petty political nitpicking won't help communities in need

Friday, September, 8 2017

The request from the National Security Council (NSC) for the police force to review its systems of data collection and collation to ensure that there are no systemic challenges is most important because any serious attempt to combat crime must rely on accurate... Read More