Editorial

Fighting crime requires a mix of strategies 8:00 pm

Police data up to Wednesday showed 817 murders across Jamaica since January 1, compared to 760 for the similar period in 2020.

Is the health ministry allergic to forward planning for future pandemics? 9:20 pm
When the novel coronavirus pandemic overran the Jamaican health system last year and panicked the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), the one good thing was that it exposed our abject unpreparedness to handle epidemics or pandemics.

Mr Alva Anderson, truly an unsung hero 6:00 am
Each society is blessed with individuals who often give national service without seeking personal glory. Those unsung heroes, as they are termed, make the kind of contribution that lead to the betterment of their nations.

Mark Golding — the man who did not crave leadership

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Dr John Golding and his wife probably had visions of their son, Mark, being a future leader when they gave him the surname of the third American President Thomas Jefferson.

'If not me, then who? A question for the ages

Monday, July 26, 2021

For those who live in the midst of extreme poverty, such as exists adjacent to the municipal dump at Riverton on the western fringes of Kingston and St Andrew, it is easy to simply go with the flow.

Economic sanctions often punish the people and not the errant government

Sunday, July 25, 2021

THE rationale behind one country or group of countries imposing sanctions against another is to force the Government to change its policies or punish it for certain practices. In some cases, the sanctions are aimed at regime change by creating hardship on the...

World Cup qualification the real deal

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz have never won the 30-year-old Concacaf Gold Cup, though they have reached the final twice and the knockout stages more often than not.

All the best to our athletes in Tokyo

Friday, July 23, 2021

For a while all seemed set for cancellation because of the novel coronavirus. But after being postponed for a year and enduring numerous hitches and hiccups, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics formally and ceremonially opens within hours. Thousands of athletes from more...

How will the sexual harassment law impact male-female dynamics?

Thursday, July 22, 2021

At best, the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Bill, passed by the Lower House, is a work in progress to which the Senate might add refinement, but which Jamaicans will need to keep under review.

A sad way for another child to go

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

It is of little consolation to us, as we are sure it is to the family of young Nashawn Brown, that a man said to be his stepfather has been charged in connection with injuries inflicted upon him, which may have led to his death. But the first block in the construction of justice has been...

Change and continuity in American foreign policy

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

The world watched incredulously as former US President Donald Trump resiled from America playing its traditional leadership role in international affairs.

Desperately hoping for a safe Tokyo Olympics

Monday, July 19, 2021

It was only to be expected. Nonetheless, reports of athletes and support staff testing positive for the novel coronavirus at the athletes' village in Tokyo just a few days before the start of the Olympic Games on Friday has jangled nerves.

PNP's festering wound needs more time to heal

Sunday, July 18, 2021

For just over 18 years, from 1989 to 2007, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) languished in the proverbial political wilderness, victim of what was widely believed to be internecine warfare that sucked the oxygen out of the party and scared off voters.

Social intervention should be part and parcel of police work

Friday, July 16, 2021

While formally opening the rebuilt Mount Salem Police Station in St James, Prime Minister Andrew Holness made an observation that should really be obvious, but is often missed as the society agonises over Jamaica's long-running crime problem.

Watch those tall buildings and passing aircraft

Thursday, July 15, 2021

One of the drawbacks of the information overload, which is our inescapable reality, is that critical bits of news often fall quickly off the radar into dangerous oblivion.

Cuba needs to move with the times

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Last Sunday's protests in certain parts of the northern Caribbean island of Cuba should serve as a wake-up call to the Government of that nation that the time has come for it to re-examine the way in which it runs its territory.

Four million deaths, 187 million COVID-19 cases pushing mandatory vaccination

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

French President Mr Emmanuel Macron yesterday became the latest world leader to impose mandatory vaccination against the COVID-19 disease on a segment of the population, ordering all French health-care workers to get virus shots by September 15, 2021.

Copa America, European champions crowned... now for Reggae Boyz's Gold Cup quest

Monday, July 12, 2021

Over recent weeks, televised international football has taken centre stage for lovers of the sport — a welcome distraction as the demoralising novel coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll.