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Professor Edwin Jones — an intellectual giant

EDWIN Samuel Jones served as professor of public administration in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies from 1990 to 2006.

Does Parliament have a conscience?

The ongoing George Wright “bangarang” has also brought into sharp focus how Parliament should deal with matters of ethics and conduct. Now that House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has relented and allowed the Opposition to table a motion calling for the embattled...

The hidden treasure — the middle manager

Our largest group of organisational influence is a group often overlooked. Middle managers comprise a large swath of the overall global workforce. In the US alone, nearly 14 million people identified their role as that of a middle manager, according to The Wall Street...

Invest ourselves to preserve life

The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest. It is the one thing all of us share. — Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady of the United States

Collective action to care for the world

THIS Earth Day, millions of people all over the world will join in the common cause to highlight the urgent need to protect our planet for future generations. This awareness should inspire us to transform how we interact with the natural world around us.

Are you one of the people COVID-19 loves?

One of the things I have been thinking about in recent time is the kind of world we will be living in after we have brought the novel coronavirus pandemic under control. I say under control for, from the limited perch from which I sit and ruminate as a layman, and acknowledging that I am...

Compliance costs CEOs should

A few weeks ago I wrote an article suggesting that the filing of registration particulars required by section 16(2) of the Data Protection Act (DPA), coupled with the section 17 requirement of the information commissioner to maintain this information in a public register, may have a...

Committed, strengthened to protecting domestic violence victims

JAMAICA is a country renowned for its ambitious and strong women who provide significant leadership within the country. They are able to simultaneously manage the responsibilities of work, home, children and the needs of intimate partners. This fierce independence runs in stark contrast...

Professional football — business or sport?

THE European media, politicians, and fanatics, aka fans, have all gone ballistic since the announcement late Sunday night of the formation of the European Super League (ESL) by 12 of Europe's largest and most powerful football clubs. This is, perhaps, the most appropriate metaphor to use...

We must do more!

WE, the members of the Gender Advisory Committee (GAC) for the period January 2018 to January 2021, whose names appear below, are committed to doing more. We are deeply troubled about the implications of the alleged abusive behaviour of Member of Parliament George Wright. The first...

To seek and not to find

Despite all my experiences to the contrary, I retain optimism that things will go smoothly for me in Jamaica. It is because of this (unfounded) optimism that I am not one of the 100,000 plus residents who have been reported as being vaccinated.

There is no easy fix, but...

NEWS of a video allegedly showing a Member of Parliament (MP) in a physical altercation with a woman first came to my attention from a statement by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange. When it made the rounds on social media I was...

Monarchies and our Jamaican connections

THE death of 99-year-old Prince Philip, the duke of Edinburgh, devoted husband of Jamaica's Queen Elizabeth II, will be remembered amongst his legacy for his Duke of Edinburgh's Awards Programme, which was launched in 1958 and became the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award in 1988,...

The minister gets his army

That some 84,000 plus people stood in line and waited to receive their vaccination during the blitz period April 11-14 is a heartening indication that the populace is coming out of its slumber and is ready to enlist in the action teams fighting down COVID-19. This column has long spoken...

Much is expected...

ALMOST a week has elapsed since allegations began swirling that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central George Wright is the man who was seen violently assaulting a woman in a video which has been making the rounds on social media. Wright has yet to...