- Students at Grenadian university to protest against mandatory vaccination 6:30 pm
- World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts 6:10 pm
- PAHO warns against acquiring vaccine from unofficial sources 5:50 pm
- Man hit from motorcycle on Bustamante Highway 5:17 pm
- PM urges accessible, equitable climate change financing for developing countries 4:49 pm
- 'Hypocrites' claim as podium protests banned at Tokyo, Beijing Olympics after poll 4:31 pm
Editorial
Derek Chauvin guilty verdict: One swallow doth not a summer make 8:50 pm
Yesterday, in this space, we expressed cautious hope that the rare guilty verdict against white, former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for the murder of Mr George Floyd, a black man, would herald change in the way American cops deal with African Americans.
George Floyd's murder — A verdict grounded in legal logic
10:10 pm
Prosecutor Mr Jerry Blackwell, we believe, captured most succinctly the kind of thought process that led former policeman Mr Derek Chauvin to use his knee to press on the neck of Mr George Floyd for more than nine minutes until he was dead.
With no propensity for generosity, who will help the Caribbean?
10:10 pm
According to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean contracted by seven per cent in 2020, the sharpest in the world, far exceeding the global slowdown of 3.3 per cent.
Medicine for the soul needed at Sabina Park
Monday, April 19, 2021
Without question, art plays special restorative and therapeutic roles in people's lives. It becomes even more important during times of trouble, such as now in the era of COVID-19.
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If Mrs Pamela Monroe-Ellis tenders her resignation…
Sunday, April 18, 2021
THE chief internal auditor at the finance ministry has turned the tables on the Auditor General's Department (AuGD), the body that runs a fine-tooth comb through the appropriation accounts of government ministries, departments and agencies.
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COVID-19's cloud of uncertainty still hanging over sport
Friday, April 16, 2021
News earlier this week that the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) has approval from Government to host international games came as a fillip for sports lovers.
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Mostly poor, uneducated being hurt by the anti-vaxxers
Thursday, April 15, 2021
It is not difficult to see that the estimated 100,000 Jamaicans who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine so far are largely the more educated and better-off among us, which means there is still a lot of work to be done.
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Help offered to St Vincent and the Grenadines heartening
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The devastation of St Vincent and the Grenadines since last Friday by the eruption of La Soufriere volcano is frightening as much as it is heartbreaking.Each day it becomes clearer that our sister Caribbean country is on a very long road to recovery.
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Prince Philip made the royal family more than ceremonial
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Jamaicans who regard themselves as pro-royalty would likely be mourning the passing, last Friday, of 99-year-old Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, devoted husband and companion of Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years.
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Still some distance to go, PM
Monday, April 12, 2021
Understandably, Prime Minister Andrew Holness believes his Government has, and continues to do a good job in the handling of the COVID-19 crisis.Inevitably, there are those who think otherwise.
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South-South partnership plus the longer-term challenges of COVID-19
Saturday, April 10, 2021
A shipment of 75,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which arrived Thursday as a gift from the Africa Medical Supplies Platform and the Republic of South Africa provides yet more evidence of South-South cooperation at work.
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A way must be found to revive sport
Friday, April 9, 2021
THE Flow Concacaf Caribbean Championship isn't just designed to provide entertainment for football lovers and revenue for those who control television and other audiovisual technologies.
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No Rasta PR or blaming of entertainers will solve crime
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Today , National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has a critical speech to make to Jamaicans in the Diaspora as part of our Washington envoy's nascent series of dialogue titled 'Let's connect with Ambassador Marks'.
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Engage with the IDB on access to safe water
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The wanton acts committed against our women and children in recent weeks could have, understandably, enshrouded an issue of vital importance to human survival, which was raised by an official of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Caricom's first woman secretary general?
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has begun the important search for a new secretary general (SG) to replace Mr Irwin LaRocque, whose second term ends in August, which could give the regional bloc its first woman SG.
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Lessons learnt from COVID-19 must not be forgotten
Saturday, April 3, 2021
We note a hint of optimism from Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie as reported by the Jamaica Information Service on April 1.
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To mount the cross of courage this Easter
Thursday, April 1, 2021
This Easter season will, once again, mark the commemoration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, and there is hardly a better time to reflect on the state of nation and the quality of our individual and collective humanity.
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Tackling the larger issue of violence
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
No parent should have to endure the pain and great sense of loss that Ms Eunice Chambers, the mother of Ms Khanice Jackson, is now experiencing. But that, unfortunately, is one of life's cruel realities for some people.
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