Disappointment turned to anger then back to disappointment - A view from a man in the street
I was disappointed that she didn't just exercise her other powers of telling us to "hit the road" because we could not park…
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EDITORIAL: Old Harbour had its ‘Crab Circle moment’, now what’s next?
Both were thankfully caught on camera and shared with the public to pass their own judgement; both spurring the relevant authorities into…
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Sleep like a king Errol Lewin
Such was his immense measure and influence in this community of approximately 60,000 inhabitants.
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Covid-19 Pandemic: The crisis of a lack of truth
This reality was magnified during the recent Covid episode when Big Pharma, in concert with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Food and…
- | News, Commentary, Health
Dunce culturalism a threat to good education
Attacks on the education system in an attempt to dumb down a nation should not be tolerated. Policies should be in place to protect and…
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Greater Toronto Area: A vast and well-developed Jamaican ecosystem
I have viewed the impact of many of these organizations from a personal and global perspective. The JCA in Canada, however, is a different…
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Holy Week: A recollection of Easter in Jamaica
Suffice it to say; I understood the response entirely because I also missed the start of Lent. Two days after Ash Wednesday, I realized…
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Advocacy group questions Canada’s influence on Jamaica’s Constitutional Reform Committee
The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) notes that the Government has finally named the members of the Constitutional Reform…
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Leadership and the Diaspora
Many of us jump into action and in front to capture the opportunity to quickly become famous, with the fantasy of knocking heads with high-…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Jamaican Diaspora: Reflections of the good ole days at Christmas time
With December hosting the darkest day of the year, the Pagans lit bonfires to keep the darkness away. Unable to curb the Pagan…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Garbage and its deeper social and political implications for Jamaica
With the garbage in mind, I decided to have her take me to the Riverton City dump. I never knew where this place was, so I was genuinely…
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The nexus between early childhood education and crime
These are the stories in the news announced by leaders in the past week. The question is, do you now see why Jamaica has the highest crime…
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The PNP is a vessel of confusion, misinformation and desperation
This especially after the JLP government’s expert handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The People’s National Party (PNP) has…
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Exposing the myth of African responsibility for slavery (Part 1)
The only way to respond to this type of mischievous propaganda is to subject it to the cold hard undisputed facts of history! So,…
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The confusing squatters’ rights debate in Jamaica
Since slavery, the Jamaican governments have had interesting relationships with informal occupants. However confusing at times,…
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Crime | Jamaica’s big white elephant
It took me many years of interactions but never able to understand concepts and terminologies and effective ways of determining how to help…
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