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Editorial
The benefits of bipartisan consensus on economic policy
When the two main political parties in a country have very different approaches to economic policy the result is often disastrous. Read More
Sport academies the answer to 'academics vs sport' debate
Last month in this space we hailed the initiative of Mr Peter Gould in launching the Mount Pleasant Football Academy as having the potential to transform Jamaica's football. Read More
Keep going, Commissioner Anderson, but...
The call for a more public relations-driven commissioner of police is increasing in the chat rooms, on radio programmes, and even among those who ought to know better. Read More
A place we have been before and can be again
A story on coastal clean-up in Rocky Point, Clarendon, in yesterday's Jamaica Observer, reminds us not only of the need for people to keep their environment clean but also of the great value of volunteerism and community service. Read More
Bamboo project is indeed sexy news
Bamboo might not ordinarily sound like sexy news, but it is about to become so, given plans for the imminent launch of what is hoped to be a vibrant bamboo industry producing, among other consumer items, kitchen and facial towels, bed sheets, and diapers. Read More
The importance of protecting the Senate process
Today we return to the issue of sexual abuse allegations which have been raging in the United States around the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh — President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. Read More
Correct the Mandela Highway faults
It's not for nothing that people at the lower rung of the socio-economic ladder often feel hard done by in every respect. Read More
Americans doing the right thing: FBI investigation should help to heal nation
Watchers of American politics would easily agree that few issues in recent times have so viscerally divided the United States as the allegations surrounding the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for a seat on the Supreme Court. Read More
Untimely blow to Windies cricket
This newspaper believes Mr Stuart Law, the outgoing all-format coach of the West Indies cricket men's team, made a positive impact. Read More
Harnessing tourism's power
We didn't hear much about it locally, but yesterday was observed as World Tourism Day. Read More
If Dr Nigel Clarke keeps no other promise…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke has made a solemn pledge to government employees that they will begin to get their pension payments within one month of their retirement. Read More
Commendable pledges from the G7 environment meeting
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), we see, has established a hotline to receive comments and queries on the recently announced ban on single-use plastic bags, styrofoam and plastic straws, which the Government has said will take effect on January 1, 2019. Read More
The road not yet travelled
The proposed thoroughfare from Spanish Town Road, via Seaview Gardens onto Marcus Garvey Drive, thus bypassing the Portia Simpson Miller Square, or Three Miles, St Andrew, reinforces the old adage: “A stitch in time saves nine”. Read More
Controlling crime beyond states of emergency
This newspaper is on record as supporting the states of public emergency in sections of the country, as well as the various recent time extensions, even as we agree that this approach cannot be a long-term solution. Read More
World's poor looking to US, UK for economic wisdom
A decade after the global financial crisis of 2008 some lessons have been learnt and many of those seem to be forgotten already. One of the perennial economic policy mistakes is to let national political pride dictate economic policy. Read More
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