Editorial

Watch those tall buildings and passing aircraft

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

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

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

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.

We should not wait for a building collapse like Surfside, Miami

The abandonment of the search of the rubble that interred scores of people in the deadly June 24, 2021 collapse of Miami's high-rise Champlain Towers South building at Surfside, Florida, would have tugged at the heart of Jamaicans.

Even without spectators in Tokyo, expect intense competition

ORGANISERS of the troubled Summer Olympic Games — delayed from last year because of the novel coronavirus pandemic — had more sad news for the world over recent days with the announcement that spectators will be barred from attending events in Japan's capital,...

Saving towards old age a must

A prominent feature of under-development is the inadequacy — and in some cases the complete absence — of planning for the future.

Warning on Haiti unheeded!

On February 10, this year, the Jamaica Observer warned in an editorial of the impending crisis in Haiti. We are, of course, gravely disappointed to see that the international community sat back and allowed what is now unfolding in that suffering...

Why not reduce building fees to achieve greater compliance?

We have made the point already, and we will do so again: Jamaicans need to show greater regard for the way they build structures to live in.

Mr Gordon 'Butch' Stewart — the long goodbye

We are creatures of habit, us human beings. And by long tradition we have become accustomed to achieving closure in the death of a loved one by paying public tribute that satisfies a need to express our gratitude and admiration.

Elsa provides an excellent teaching opportunity

The good thing for Jamaicans yesterday was that wind seemed to be hardly a factor as a disorganised Tropical Storm Elsa passed east of the island.The bad news was that the storm was dumping heavy rain up to late afternoon.

Mexico — a friend in need is a friend indeed

Many Jamaicans labour under the misconception that Jamaica's foreign policy should concentrate on big rich western countries and the People's Republic of China that can give financial aid to Jamaica.

The most challenging Olympics ever

As we approach the Tokyo Olympics it's hard not to be in awe of the Japanese authorities.

Junior doctors' dispute must be resolved now

They may not have formally sworn by the dictates of the Hippocratic Oath, famously laid down close to 2,400 years ago by the Greek physician Hippocrates, but medical doctors everywhere embrace its principles, which, among other things, require them to put aside personal feelings in...

Bernard Lodge City must not fall prey to those feckless 'againsters'

All too often we hear a profound exposition on the urgent need to create jobs and improve infrastructure and we begin to get excited, until we reach the part about how these jobs are to be created, only to be grossly disappointed about the striking paucity of...