Editorials
We feel really sorry for Mr Easton Edwards, the Jamaica Labour Party's councillor for the Lucea division in Hanover. How devastated he must be at this time with a manslaughter charge over his head arising from the death of his five-year-old son!...more
The changing yet constant face of cricket
Saturday, July 04, 2009
It's said that the only constant in life is change. That's surely true of the great game of cricket as much as anything else....moreGo talk to the mayor of Montego Bay, Ambassador Silva
Friday, July 03, 2009
We would like to believe Mr Jesus Silva, Spain's ambassador to Jamaica, when he says he has the country's best interest at heart. After all, he's been here for over four years, and from what we have seen so far, has made energetic attempts to foster good relationships between his country and ours....moreGov't must learn from the private sector
Thursday, July 02, 2009
This morning, junior minister for foreign affairs, Senator Ronald Robinson and Professor Neville Ying, the executive director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, will stage a soft launch of the "Future Leadership Jamaican Diaspora Conference"....moreBeware, Mr Commissioner, beware!
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
In this news business, we have heard so much that it is difficult to surprise us anymore. Yet, we must admit to being amazed by information we are receiving about how some highly placed individuals use their position in the security forces for absolutely corrupt purposes....moreUK's Air Passenger Duty a threat to Caribbean tourism
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Caribbean governments, we believe, have just cause to be angry at Britain's decision to reform that country's Air Passenger Duty (APD) into four bands and increase the tax based on mileage from London to the capital cities of the countries where the fights land....moreThat waste in Portland Cottage
Monday, June 29, 2009
Just looking at the photographs published with yesterday's lead story in the Sunday Observer leaves us puzzled as to how the authorities who provided hurricane relief houses for the people of Portland Cottage expected anyone to live comfortably in those units....moreLessons from the late, great Mr Michael Jackson
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Despite his many flaws, the world will certainly miss Mr Michael Jackson, the undisputed King of Pop music who for almost four decades excited the imaginations of millions of fans across the globe with his electrifying performances and best-selling album of all time, Thriller (1982)....moreLet's be reasonable in our expectations
Saturday, June 27, 2009
After the heroics of the Beijing Olympics, it is surely asking too much to expect a repeat performance from Jamaican athletes at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin in August....moreKudos to Mona School of Business
Friday, June 26, 2009
We laud the University of the West Indies' Mona School of Business for hosting the International Telecommunications Society's first Caribbean Regional Conference and hope that the Government will make good on its word to consider the recommendations coming from the confab....moreThursday, June 25, 2009
The arrival of the Indian cricket team to play the West Indies beginning tomorrow, reminds us of how little attention Jamaica gives to that Asian country, much to our peril, we might add....moreWednesday, June 24, 2009
We are not given to knee-jerk reaction in beating up on men for their many shortcomings, because hopefully we understand a little about the historical and social dynamics which help to shape behaviours and norms, even when they are undesirable ones....moreInstead of insulting Caricom, Prime Minister Thompson.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
How Prime Minister David Thompson relates to his counterparts when they sit at the same table at the Caricom Heads of Government Summit in Guyana next week will be very interesting....moreNo substitute for police presence
Monday, June 22, 2009
Just in case we needed any prompting, our story on crime in Mandeville in yesterday's edition of the Sunday Observer would have triggered considerable contemplation of the extent to which criminality is dominating national life....moreHighly commendable, Mr Errol Rattray
Sunday, June 21, 2009
A cursory glance at what is happening in contemporary Jamaica is enough to defy any attempt to deny that a good Jamaican man is becoming somewhat of an endangered species....more
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