Editorial

News

Adoption bottleneck

CaPRI exposes institutional weaknesses in Jamaica’s system

Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter

February 8 12:20 AM

Adoption bottleneck

News

Chasing sunshine and freedom

Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:18 AM

Chasing sunshine and freedom

Entertainment, ...

Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music

MIGUEL A THOMAS Managing editor thomasm@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:16 AM

Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music

News

Light at last!

St Elizabeth community celebrates return of power after 3 months in darkness

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:14 AM

Light at last!

Football, ...

STONEWALLED

Football lawyer Werners calls out JFF over registration delays

February 8 12:12 AM

Lawyer blasts JFF over player registration delays

Lifestyle

Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31

February 8 12:10 AM

Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture

News

‘We will remember The Boogieman’

Veteran broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon remembered for his voice, spirit, and impact

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:07 AM

‘We will remember The Boogieman’

Business

Jamaica’s offshore oil question

What the evidence shows — and why it’s back on the agenda

BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com

February 8 12:06 AM

Jamaica’s offshore oil question

Editorial

Where there is no vision, the people perish…

October 10, 2010

JAMAICANS are strong on talk, but very weak on planning and preparation. So we shouldn't be surprised if many among us dismiss Jamaica's National Deve...

Editorial

A suggestion for Major General Anderson

October 9, 2010

Major General Antony Anderson's appointment as the 10th chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is as timely as his very encouraging...

Editorial

Let this be a lesson

October 8, 2010

This newspaper joins in the metaphoric sigh of relief at the news that World and Olympic champion Miss Shelly Ann Fraser has come away with a relative...

Editorial

To be poor is indeed a crime

October 7, 2010

The veteran Reggae artiste Mr Freddie McGregor really couldn't have said it any better than he did in his song, To Be Poor Is A Crime. For although we...

Editorial

Will Barbados’ DLP go the way of the PNP?

October 6, 2010

Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados has reshuffled his Cabinet in a manner that clearly indicates whom he thinks is the best person to succeed h...

Editorial

Wasting money and risking lives on the Gorge

October 5, 2010

We've now lost count of the number of times that we have, in this space, commented on the insensitivity of public officials to the danger travellers f...

Editorial

So what if politicians buy homes, health services overseas?

October 4, 2010

The sentiment that once you are a politician or minister of government you must not acquire properties or seek health services overseas is abject nons...

Editorial

Repeating ourselves

October 3, 2010

AT least eight people have now been confirmed dead as a result of the flood rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. When the final tale is told, ...

Editorial

A terrible price

October 2, 2010

Our condolences go out to the family of little Tashanna Wallace who lost her life when the branch of a huge tree fell on her house, crushing her as sh...

Editorial

We welcome the JFF Technical Centre, but…

September 30, 2010

WE are indeed heartened, but certainly not overwhelmed, by last Monday’s inauguration of Phase One of the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF’s) Techni...

Editorial

Lest we forget how fragile we are

September 30, 2010

TROPICAL Storm Nicole has forced us once again to take yet another look at the thorny issue of the county's fragile infrastructure, large sections of ...

Editorial

Relinquishing church control of schools

September 8, 2010

The Ministry of Education is, quite understandably, very shy about interfering or appearing to interfere with church-run schools, even when they opera...

Editorial

Be not weary in well doing, Minister Holness

September 7, 2010

We have, for very obvious reasons, been highly supportive of the Government's plan to promulgate a National Parenting Policy that hopefully would brin...

Editorial

Saving Caricom from its deathbed

September 6, 2010

The search for a new Caribbean Community (Caricom) secretary general should, we believe, be guided by a few principles starting with a selection panel...

Editorial

A salute to teachers in a troubled system

September 5, 2010

EDUCATION Minister Mr Andrew Holness tells us that 1,000 fewer students are sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) each year. What is truly dep...

Editorial

Criminals are people too

September 4, 2010

THE diary of Mr Cedric Murray, the wanted gunman who led the Stone Crusher gang before the police killed him last month is instructive, albeit sensati...

Editorial

The promise of a new day for the Reggae Boyz

September 3, 2010

CAPTAIN Horace Burrell is at his very best when marketing a product. So he could hardly have missed the opportunity to tell Jamaicans that Costa Rica ...

Editorial

A chance for renewal, Dr Kingsley ‘Ragashanti’ Stewart

September 2, 2010

We are not about to try to deny that Ragashanti Live, the popular talk show that Dr Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart used to host on NewsTalk 93FM, repre...

Editorial

Wither Messrs Barrett and Calder?

September 1, 2010

The terrible tragedy which claimed the lives of 17-year-old Moya Barrett and her six-year-old twin sisters, Teneisha and Taneisha Calder, in a fire at...

Editorial

Is a country not worth more than political gamesmanship?

August 31, 2010

BREATHES there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, this is my own, my native land? Is there no single moment when those who would...

Editorial

More needs to be done to end HIV/AIDS stigma

August 30, 2010

THE sad story of a young HIV-positive mother's experience, as related by her mother in our AllWoman publication yesterday, is proof that there still e...