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Editorial
Are we fooling ourselves about the Diaspora?
Every two years, the Jamaican Government spends a decent amount of money hosting the Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, hoping to motivate our nationals to show more interest in their homeland. Read More
The decision that Dr Phillips must now make
In 1944, when the People's National Party (PNP) was brushed aside in the first national elections under universal adult suffrage, the internal cry was “Organize! Organize! Organise!” Read More
The political wisdom of East Portlanders
It is a credit to the wisdom of the Jamaican people, the resilience of our institutions, and the good sense of our politicians that we have been holding free and fair elections since Universal Adult Suffrage in 1944, the Portland Eastern by-election being the latest. Read More
The tough task of selecting the best combination
Believe it or not, just two months remain for the Fifa Women's World Cup set for June 7 to July 7 in France. Read More
Reckless political thinking has no place in our future
Last week the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) issued a statement that had great significance but which, we notice, did not get the attention it deserved most likely because of the country's intense focus on the parliamentary by-election for the Portland... Read More
Should Calabar be banned to protect Champs, Jamaican athletics and education?
When violence in Kingston (1997) and Montego Bay (1972) threatened to destroy Jamaica's top schoolboy football competitions, the Inter-Secondary School Sport Association (ISSA) temporarily called off the Manning and DaCosta Cup games. Read More
Is this what Calabar has come to?
Thankfully , the board and leadership at Calabar High School have stepped in quickly to deal with the almost barbaric behaviour of some students during morning assembly on Monday. Read More
Death and retrogression in Portland Eastern
THE charges and counter-charges about political violence, including deaths, in the Portland Eastern by-election campaign, is threatening to upend the hard-won electoral peace of the last 17 years. Read More
Good Champs, but old headaches persist
Congrats to Edwin Allen High School and Kingston College for topping the girls' and boys' tables at the 109th Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships which ended Saturday. Read More
Could Venezuela spark return of East-West Cold War?
Some experts currently believe that the introduction of troops from Russia into embattled Venezuela raises the spectre of the resurrection of the East-West Cold War. Read More
The task ahead for Mr Ricky Skerritt and his team
The recent resolution of a long-running separation dispute with former West Indies coach Mr Phil Simmons seems like a good start for the new president of Cricket West Indies Mr Ricky Skerritt. Read More
No return to failed policies of the past
On Monday, the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) continued its tradition of making the budget understandable to people without advanced degrees in public finance. Read More
Mrs Dorraine Samuels was adopted by her nation
The outpouring of clearly deep and heartfelt tributes to outstanding broadcaster Mrs Dorraine Samuels-Binger, who succumbed to cancer on Tuesday, age 59, is itself the truest testimony of how a media personality can come to be adopted by her nation. Read More
Why Jamaicans will like this budget
Many commentators have commended the Government on a range of benefits announced in the 2019/2020 budget. Read More
Nothing wrong with PM meeting with US president
Last Friday's meeting between United States President Donald Trump and five Caribbean leaders, including Jamaica's Mr Andrew Holness, is nothing for us to work up ourselves about. Read More
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