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Editorial
Jamaicans need to stop being nasty
This newspaper is in complete agreement with Mr Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), that “people must take personal responsibility for their space and stop dutty up Jamaica”. Read More
Short-sighted underinvestment in UWI
The countries that achieve a significant leap in economic development are those that increase productivity and international competitiveness through technological change driven by innovation. This has been the experience from the Industrial Revolution, to China, to... Read More
Good neighbourliness and good sense
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz were always favoured to win their recent away friendly internationals against St Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda. Read More
Are we ready for the hurricane season?
Two weeks ago the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued its Article IV Assessment of Jamaica's stabilisation programme, stating: “ i mplementation remains strong five years into the authorities' economic reforms, with public... Read More
Apology not enough, politicians should pay for uncouth behaviour
As an organisation of journalists who are today celebrating International Press Freedom Day — a centrepiece of which is the right to free expression — we don't hold that robust verbal exchanges by politicians have no place in parliamentary life. Read More
Kudos to Wisynco, a conscientious corporate citizen
The William Mahfood-led Wisynco Group has scored big with Jamaicans and everyone working to improve the health of children by withdrawing its lawsuit against the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) over its sugary drink campaign. Read More
Keep the heavy security presence until…
Mr Fitz Jackson's clarification of the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP's) position on extending the state of public emergency in St James and the St Catherine North Police Division is most encouraging. Read More
Press ahead, Mr Chuck
To borrow from the game of cricket, Justice Minister Mr Delroy Chuck is making lots of runs. Read More
It took the threat of war to move towards peace on the Korean peninsula
Over the course of several editorials we have suggested to readers that the North Koreans and their leader President Kim Jong-un should not be dismissed as lunatics pursuing an irrational strategy. Read More
Pat Anderson's selfless service to Jamaican sport
The Jamaican nation would be far less than it is, had it not been for the work of volunteers. Read More
Use House brawl to instruct children how not to behave
The shameful display of crassness that unfolded in the Parliament on Tuesday was, unfortunately, not the first such in our modern history. Read More
Wisynco sues Heart Foundation: Is sugar the new tobacco?
Under our sub judice laws, we have no intention of commenting on the rightness or wrongness of the Wisynco Group's defamation lawsuit against the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HJF) for allegedly “false and misleading information” about its trademarked products, in particular,... Read More
It's just the rough and tumble of Parliament
Dear Editor, Why is this big hullabaloo about what transpired in Gordon House on Tuesday, April 24, 2018? Read More
Promising development in breaking down plastics
Many Jamaicans would likely have missed news last week that scientists overseas had, by sheer accident, found a way to break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the type of plastic used to make water and drinks bottles. Read More
Don't sound so gleeful over crime, Mr Fitz Jackson
Mr Fitz Jackson, the Opposition spokesman on national security, should not believe that he would be making himself redundant if he took the politics out of crime and pushed for solutions over scoring points. Read More
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