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News

No crime, no resign

Defiant MP, JACDEN boss Dennis Gordon fires back in UHWI tax probe

Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com

April 5 12:20 AM

No crime, no resign

News

Alliance over isolation

Patterson advocates collective strength as global order frays

Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com

April 5 12:18 AM

Alliance over isolation

Entertainment, ...

Sumptuous sacred music feast

April 5 12:16 AM

Sumptuous sacred music feast

News

More singles, fewer children

Survey of living conditions finds more Jamaican adults residing alone

BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

April 5 12:14 AM

More singles, fewer children

Athletics, ...

TAKING CHARGE

Jamaica surge forward with 20 medals on Carifta Day 1

Rachid Parchment | Sports Writer | parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com

April 5 12:12 AM

Jamaica off to flyer on Carifta Day 1

News

Saved behind bars

Prison Bible study sessions rival that of local churches; more than 60 inmates baptise each year, says chaplain

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

April 5 12:10 AM

Saved behind bars

Gardening, ...

Happy Easter!

April 5 12:10 AM

Spotlight on

Athletics, ...

GOD’S CALLING

Dyke driven to add more Edwin Allen titles by his personal mission to uplift young athletes

Rachid Parchment | Sports Writer | parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com

April 5 12:09 AM

GOD’S CALLING

Columns

Stand and deliver

Lloyd B Smith

November 23, 2009

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has once again spoken, albeit in a most tribalist setting, at the 66th annual conference of the ruling Jamaica Labour Par...

Columns

Progress in justice

KEN CHAPLIN

November 23, 2009

That justice reform is moving ahead is good news as the justice system has many cracks that need to be mended and the public has a right to know what ...

Columns

The Tivoli model

With Betty Ann Blaine

November 23, 2009

Dear Reader, Ever since I returned home almost 30 years ago, I have had concerns about the community of Tivoli Gardens. My return to my homeland lande...

Columns

He has a ‘set’ time

with Celta Kirkland

November 22, 2009

ISAIAH 29:8: "This is what the Lord says. I will answer your prayers because I have a set time when I will help by coming to save you. I have chosen y...

Columns

Working to end this ‘dark night’

Jean Lowrie-Chin

November 22, 2009

"Haven't you heard?" asks my droll friend. "Jamaica has moved up again. in the corruption ratings!" Well, if you don't laugh, you will cry. The next d...

Columns

Debate is over, time for work

Chris Burns

November 22, 2009

It has been a little over two years since the Jamaican people handed Bruce Golding and the Jamaica Labour Party the authority and power to govern, wit...

Columns

The Incompatible Marriage

Howard Gregory

November 21, 2009

Pastors who have been trained to conduct pre-marital counselling know that there are indicators of marital incompatibility, which sometimes are seen d...

Columns

Getting Food Right

James Moss-Solomon

November 21, 2009

At a time when Jamaica faces a serious survival crisis, it seems that all we want to talk about is a debate. This debate is to be firmly rooted in the...

Columns

Chinese attitudes to blacks

DIANE ABBOTT

November 21, 2009

US President Barack Obama's recent visit to China put the spotlight on Chinese attitudes to black people. Many Chinese were shocked and disbelieving t...

Columns

Commonwealth in danger: Action needed in Trinidad

Sir Ronald Sanders

November 21, 2009

As the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is about to take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago's capital, there is not much hope...

Columns

Government at snail’s pace

November 21, 2009

It has been my contention and that of many others I have spoken to that the first two years of this government's mandate has been highly unspectacular...

Columns

‘Roundup-ready’ Thinkers

John Maxwell

November 21, 2009

By the time you read this it should be official - the end of the Triangular Trade, the traffic in human flesh, sugar and consumer goods between Europe...

Columns

Vincentian Referendum: A case of too much, too late?

RICKEY SINGH

November 21, 2009

THE court battle to block a national referendum taking place this Wednesday (Nov 25) on a new constitution for St Vincent and the Grenadines may turn ...

Columns, News, Politics

When the prime minister speaks today…

CLAUDE ROBINSON

November 21, 2009

The news last week that Jamaica had slipped further down the corruption index of Transparency International attracted less attention than the downgrad...

Columns

Only dead fish go with the flow

November 21, 2009

'Tis a shame that the article which recently appeared in The Economist magazine titled "Unfixable" did not have the name of the author, or authors. Fo...

Columns

Fearless folks who drive on water – frozen, of course!

KEEBLE McFARLANE

November 20, 2009

Building a highway is not the simplest of tasks around. When properly designed and executed, a road can last for decades with proper maintenance. Even...

Columns

Values, attitudes and our children

Franklin Johnston

November 19, 2009

A child is our most important gift. It arrives with no owners manual, service agreement, warranty or helpline to call.Yet humans survived the Ice Age ...