- Jamaica sweep 100m finals at CARIFTA Games, but boys U-18 to be rerun 9:24 PM
- Jamaicans through to CARIFTA 100m finals 5:30 PM
- Barbados 245, Jamaica 52-1 at close 5:16 PM
- Body of 5-y-o boy missing since September found by highway 5:09 PM
- Windwards 248, T&T 36-3 at close 4:49 PM
- Barbados 245 all out vs Jamaica 4:09 PM
- I support decriminalisation of ganja, but not for smoking, says health minister 2:33 PM
- Hughes pulls out of CARIFTA 100m; Minzie favourite to win 2:00 PM
- Riverton dump fire under control, says ODPEM 1:25 PM
- April 29 sentencing for woman who smuggled cocaine to help ailing mother 1:15 PM
- Authorities find no reason for nearly 50% of suicides in 2013 12:35 PM
- PHOTOS: Fire at Riverton dump, again 12:10 PM
- Windies speedster escapes serious injury in crash 11:29 AM
- Jamaica off to cracking start at 43rd CARIFTA Games 11:11 AM
- ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Tax on bank withdrawals evil, unjust 10:59 AM
- Paul Brunson: 20 Successful Habits I learned working for two billionaires 10:35 AM
- Regional Cricket: Barbados win toss, batting vs Jamaica 10:23 AM
- Costa Rican woman attributes miracle to pope 10:14 AM
- 16-y-o boy, one of two killed in Clarendon 9:53 AM
- 100m super clash to headline opening day at Carifta Games 9:25 AM
Editorial
JADCO must do more
MR Carey Brown and his new board at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) were presented with a grand opportunity, we believe, to begin rebuilding the trust deficit with the nation's athletes, following disclosure by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of the agency's deplorably slack urin ... Read More
Mrs McCalla's wisdom; Mr K D Knight's folly
CHIEF Justice Mrs Zaila McCalla can be cast in the mould of the typical judge. She does not jump mou ... Read More
Chaos without
change at the
World Bank
THE appointment of Mr Jim Yong Kim by the United States Administration as president of the World Ban ... Read More
‘Stupid idea of the
year’ award to
Minister Paulwell
'Stupid idea of the year' award to Minister Paulwell
So, Mr Phillip Paulwell, the minister of energ ... Read More
Poor governance on show at Port Royal
COUNCILLOR Lorraine Dobson says she is "aware" that there is "a growing migration problem, in terms of squatting" in historic, world-famous Port Royal. Further, she is aware of the links between squatting, such as has been taking place in Port Royal, and crime/social delinquency. Note her words: "If you have these people coming, then other things will follow." So we are left with no choice but to ask why Ms Dobson, the elected local representative of the people of Port Royal, has done nothing ... Read More
Dr Norman Girvan, intellectual warrior
Jamaica, and indeed the Caribbean, has every reason to mourn the passing last week of Dr Norman Girvan, professor emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). At a time when the Caribbean Community needs it most, we have lost a great regionalist, integrationist and intellectual warrior of the highest order. An economist by training, he received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the then University College of the West Indies and his PhD in Economics from London School of Economics ... Read More
Valuable lesson from a sad episode
We suspect that the recent exoneration of Mrs Veronica Campbell-Brown will have encouraged Mr Asafa Powell and Miss Sherone Simpson in their stated determination to contest their 18-month doping-related suspensions at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We would expect that the issues will be very carefully explored by the athletes, their handlers and lawyers before a final decision is taken. Another Jamaican, of far less prominence, Olympic discus thrower Ms Allison Randall, was also handed a ... Read More
Gov't must not bow to road hogs, terrorists
If you go by the complaints, the Government went about the reorganisation of the public transportation system in a most high-handed fashion. Some people will agree with that analysis, others won't. What we all can't deny, however, is that, outside of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), what has been operating here is the Wild West of bus systems. We would be surprised to find a motorist or commuter in Kingston who has not experienced the rampant indiscipline displayed by minibus, Coaster ... Read More
Nice jab, Boxing Board
LAST week, the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control (JBBC) did our country and the sport of boxing proud, by reversing the decision giving victory to Barbadian Christopher "Shaka" Henry over Jamaican Glenroy 'Bumpy' Beckford in the April 2, 2014 Wray & Nephew Contender bout. This action by the JBBC might well have saved the future of the Contender television series which we have commended in this space for reigniting interest in boxing and for inviting boxers from the wider Caribbean to compete ... Read More
Poor water supply unacceptable
Jamaicans are so habituated to poor government over the last 30-40 years that we have come to accept inadequate standards for state-provided services such as in education, security, water, roads, health, public transportation and the like. The key functions of a government are to keep law and order within its boundaries, protect its borders from invasion by external enemies and create and maintain the conditions for human survival and hopefully human development. The availability of adequate s ... Read More
No need to flex muscles over flexi-workweek
Debate on a flexible workweek has been taking place here intermittently for just over 20 years. Probably that's where the problem lies in the revival of this burning issue. For, had the country sustained the debate from the first time the matter was raised, Jamaica would most likely be past the point of now trying to introduce legislation that is still being questioned. It is obvious that this time Jamaica does not have the luxury of procrastination because, as we heard from Senator Floyd Morr ... Read More
Taking Jamaica back from criminals and social delinquents
THIS newspaper joins with well-thinking people in welcoming news of a 12 per cent reduction in murders and a 13 per cent drop in all serious crimes in Jamaica for the first quarter of the year. Yet, Jamaicans had hardly digested the information when they were assailed by yet another story of terrorism. Two people, including a 12-year-old boy, shot dead as they stood among a group at about 8:30 pm on a street corner in West Kingston on Friday. The boy's nine - brother was also shot and injured. ... Read More
The world awaits those crucial IMF, World Bank meetings this week
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its Global Economic Outlook ahead of the spring meetings of the Fund and the World Bank. Its prognosis is not exciting. The global economy will grow but will remain sluggish. China's growth appears to be slowing with adverse implications for commodity prices and those countries that export to China. Several emerging market economies are turgid despite a boost to output from stronger exports. Japan continues to have problems and the United Stat ... Read More
In quest of consistency and efficiency in WI cricket
THE West Indies were inconsistent as usual but still reached the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup. And, given their record, who is to say Mr Darren Sammy and his men would not have defied the odds to get the last 81 runs in six overs and defeat Sri Lanka in the semi-finals had a hailstorm not intervened? After all, they did even better than that in conquering Australia just a few days earlier. There could be no doubt, though, that until the weather intervened, Sri Lanka played the b ... Read More
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