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Editorial
The death dealers have no interest in gun amnesty
As has been happening since the first gun amnesty was declared in 1967, there is yet again growing optimism that the voluntary surrender of firearms to the security forces, in exchange for crime forgiveness, could help to curb murders and other gun-related crimes in... Read More
Senator Morris should tell what he knows
We have never known Opposition Senator Floyd Morris to be evasive, especially on matters having to do with the welfare of people with disabilities. In fact, Senator Morris, who was the first blind president of the Senate, can easily be regarded as a champion of the... Read More
Avoid the poisonous rancour of previous leadership battles
People's National Party (PNP) president and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips knows all about leadership contests. Read More
The new USA (United States of Africa) now in sight?
Africa as a continent has never known unity, being divided by different, often hostile, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and geography, although some level of trade existed among countries. Read More
We know the Reggae Girlz will give of their very best
As Jamaica's Reggae Girlz get set to face Brazil in their historic Fifa World Cup opening game in France tomorrow they are no doubt encouraged by news of their male counterparts beating the United States in Washington, DC, earlier this week. Read More
NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) NASA said yesterday it will open up the International Space Station (ISS) to business ventures including space tourism -- with stays priced at US$35,000 a night -- as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research... Read More
Good news on water from Geophysx
If Geophysx Jamaica's discovery of what appears to be large areas of possible potable water turns out to be accurate, it will be quite interesting to see how it will be handled by the Government and, in particular, the National Water Commission... Read More
Is this the best the National Security Council can do?
Last Thursday, the National Security Council (NSC) announced that it had tasked the attorney general to lead discussions with the Opposition on legislative initiative to support crime fighting. Read More
Keeping alive the significance of D-Day
Starting today, two days of memorials will be held in Britain and France, in particular, to mark the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied forces' push to open a western front against Adolf Hitler's Nazi forces during World War II. Read More
Rev C Evans Bailey, chaplain of the poor, devoted his life to the 'church without walls'
In a time of enlightenment and renaissance in the Jamaican church, a group of courageous ministers of religion emerged from different denominations with a common message: what Christianity could best contribute to our fledging nation was the building of a church without walls. Read More
A hurricane is no joke
No one who experienced Hurricane Gilbert's assault on Jamaica in September 1988 will ever want to deal with such a thing again.When it came ashore, Gilbert wasn't as powerful as a few other storms which have brushed Jamaica since. Read More
Political parties must not give way to the 'lootocrats'
A person should become a member or activist of a political party for... Read More
Mr Seaga's use of football for peace
Older Jamaicans have reason to smile sometimes when they hear young people make comments like “mi nuh like politics because it too violent”. Read More
GraceKennedy sets a fine example
To their credit, successive governments have tried their best to stimulate investment in downtown Kingston. Even during the time when this newspaper disclosed that the State itself was spending millions of dollars on expensive rental in New Kingston and other areas uptown — at... Read More
Anti-Human Trafficking Club a good idea worth replicating
Kudos are in order for Port Antonio High School, which is establishing a Anti-Human Trafficking Club with the help of the police. Read More
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