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A Matter of Land | Private road, reserved road and a right of way

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

This week, we continue our look at some of the terms used regularly in land matters.Private roadThis is defined as a road or driveway on privately owned property, limited to the use of the owner or a group of owners who share the use and maintain...

The Music Diaries | Alerth Rockford Bedasse, the mento pioneer

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMRoy Black

Alerth Rockford Bedasse is another of the February-born artistes who have made invaluable contributions to the development of early Jamaican popular music.He was crucial to the mento era, having sung lead vocals on the most mento recordings in...

Importance of 'P' in preschool

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Parents are aware that the first five years of a child's life are the most important. These are the years that children develop the foundation for future health, development, happiness, and learning achievement at school.Yet, early childhood...

Editors’ Forum | Outlet for UTech - HAJ offers work experience, internship and jobs to students

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarlene Davis

Engineers and quantity surveyors are among several students from the University of Technology (UTech) benefiting from a work experience partnership with the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ).Managing director of the HAJ, Gary Howell, told a Gleaner...

Black Lives Matter flag begins flying over Vermont school

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP):A Vermont high school on Thursday, February 1, began flying a Black Lives Matter flag in what officials said was a commitment to make the mostly white institution more inclusive.The student-led flag raising is part of a...

Cultural cock-up - JCDC employees to be allowed to keep unscheduled increase

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue

At least 20 employees of the Jamaica Cultural Development Corporation (JCDC) who were granted an 'unscheduled' incremental increase some four years ago will be allowed to keep the money.However, they will have to work an extra year to qualify for...

Reaping what you sow - Students get heads up on agriculture practices

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMAmitabh Sharma

"Do you know what this is?" asked Evan Adams, Peace Corps volunteer, as he raised a plastic soda bottle to a group of grade three Wilmor Prep School students standing in a circle with him under a tree.Some curious stares, some plausible perceptions...

Story of the Song | 'Baby I've Got News For You' reflects singer's experience - Connection made through car trouble

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke

Shalom did not write the lyrics to Baby I've Got News For You, the late 1990s song of a man moving on emotionally after the break-up, heartache and mentally spurning of the woman who he would like to be in his good graces again. Those credits go to...

With a girl's wings

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMFaith Nichola

A boy, not unlike them, an Ethilian born of the feathers of the great goddess, yet ...What was he? An anomaly?An abomination. A male child with a girl's wings. White, the colour ... the colour ...They held him down and searched his privates, these...

David Jessop | The wider implications of the Golding report

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

There is likely to be much written in the coming weeks about the detail contained in the long-awaited Golding Report reviewing Jamaica's relations with Caricom and Cariforum.This is because not since the Ramphal report, "Time for Action", published...

Mark Wignall | Can Keisha Hayle end the PNP’s jinx?

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

In the October 2017 by-elections in South St Andrew and South West St Andrew, the People's National Party (PNP) came out big in both instances, but in the huge wins, all they did was remind us how repugnant the reality of garrison politics has been...

Francis Wade | Boosting your temporal IQ

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

We may laugh along with our leaders about our personal productivity and constant overwhelm, but those who have worked in developed countries know that top organisations take time seriously.It's no coincidence. Corporate success relies on individuals...

Oran Hall | The route to financial success

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I saw one of your columns recently in which you gave financial advice and, therefore, I would love for you to assist me with my financial status as it relates to how to invest and what to invest in. Please help me. I need your assistance....

Gordon Robinson | Constitution 101

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Written constitutions are driven by three fundamental philosophies, namely constitutional supremacy, separation of powers, and the protection of citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms.Written constitutions exist for the purpose of circumscribing...

Liz Weston | Why you should save towards something fun

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Financial planners tend to have firm ideas about the most important goals: You should save for retirement, pay off debt and build an emergency fund.Buying a pair of high-end sneakers or an ultra-high definition TV is probably not on that list.But...

EOJ clear-out - Several senior managers considering early retirement as tension mounts

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue

Uncertainty is clouding operations at the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) where Director of Elections Orette Fisher is in court fighting a decision by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to send him packing.To compound the matter, Fisher is...

Martin Henry | Acting chief justice and the rule of law

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

With eyes wide open and brilliant legal mind blazing, legal luminary Justice Brian Sykes, 10 days ago, accepted his appointment as acting chief justice. Since then, there has been a tsunami of opinion sweeping over the land from legal minds and...

Editors' Forum | 20,000+ squatters in St James - HAJ points to major social problem in crime-infested parish

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMNadine Wilson-Harris

Managing director of the Housing Association of Jamaica (HAJ), Gary Howell, estimates that more than 20,000 residents in St James are living in informal settlements, with some just a stone's throw away from all-inclusive hotels in the tourist...

Fitzroy J. Henry | Scandalous attack on food industry task force

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

When I accepted the role of chairman of the National Food Industry Task Force (NFITF), I expected robust discussion based on scientific facts, energetic negotiations from rock-hard positions, and even agreement to disagree when necessary. What I did...

Orville Taylor | Homicide: a public-health problem

Published:Friday | February 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. Our culture of vindictiveness and revenge has fuelled the homicide rate in this country, because homicidal violence is an endemic pathogen, which, like cancer cells and malignant microbes, is...

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