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Editorial
We'll hold the applause, Mr Shirley
Mr Lyttleton Shirley's announcement on Monday that the Riverton disposal site in Kingston is to become a green space for the benefit of neighbouring communities is welcome news. Read More
Politicians in their ackee on football game with crime
Our political leaders find their mindless football game on crime so 'sweet' that they have taken it into the new year with a laser focus more on scoring points, rather than saving lives. The latest salvo is, unbelievably, about when to meet to discuss crime. Read More
Opportunities in the plastics ban
When plastic use first took hold here on a large scale in the 1960s, most Jamaicans alive today weren't born yet. Read More
And now we welcome the new year… Full of things that have never been
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, who is described as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets, and accredited with the above sentiment, was not merely indulging in well-wishing. Read More
Miss Khadija Shaw: A symbol of hope and possibilities
In a Jamaica which suffers from a lack of opportunity, disillusionment and violent crime, every drop of inspiration is welcome. Read More
US no longer world policeman: good or bad?
United States President Donald Trump's pronouncement that the US will no longer be the world's policeman is a statement of profound importance which will be greeted by some with grave concern and by others with a sense of relief. Read More
Sheer bungling at the highest level of local football
The manner in which this International Football Charity match between local outfit Waterhouse FC and St Andrews FC of Malta was announced at a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday gave us cause for serious concern. Read More
Please, prevent further road deaths
The latest traffic crash data from the Ministry of Mining and Transport's Road Safety Unit are not, by any means, encouraging. In fact, the unit is projecting that, based on the current trend, road fatalities for 2018 will increase by 16 per cent, compared with last... Read More
Mr Dwight Nelson will be remembered by the hewers of wood and drawers of water
One could argue with some degree of credibility that Mr Dwight Nelson was understated, much against his intrinsic value as a nation-builder. Read More
That no one will go to bed hungry, lonely this Christmas night
If not for the religiosity, then let us celebrate today, Christmas Day, for the enduring symbolism of peace, goodwill to all men and the celebration of giving. Read More
Coming to grips with plastic
How time has flown!It's Christmas Eve and we are now just a week away from 2019, which is when the ban on the manufacture, importation and distribution of various forms of plastic products, announced in September, takes effect. Read More
The Trumpian wall and the dilemma posed by migration
As it has been throughout the history of mankind, migration is an issue which causes violent conflict, often arising from differences in ethnicity, language, culture, religion, and skin colour. Read More
Let's consider a helping hand for ex-sportsmen and women
We note a pledge by president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Mr Michael Ricketts that a welfare programme is to be established soon for former national footballers who need help. Read More
Tourism an industry worth protecting
Word from Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett that Jamaica will again experience a good winter tourist season is indeed good news; although, to be totally honest, we are not surprised. Read More
Has Mr Andrew Holness outmanoeuvred
Mr P J Patterson's vaunted mastery of the political environment appears to have been passed on to not another member of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP), but the leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, Mr Andrew Holness. Read More
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