Jeffrey Hall takes over as chairman of Blue Power Group, effective today, May 1, succeeding founding Chairman Dr Dhiru Tanna, who retired on Saturday. It’s his fourth chairmanship of a listed company, the others being Lumber Depot Limited, the...
Crystal, at twenty-something, is unabashed about her lifestyle. She is one of thousands of Jamaicans who depend on remittances from overseas for living expenses. But Crystal, whose real name is masked to protect her privacy, does not totally fit...
Dr Racquel Palmer always understood what it meant ‘to serve and protect’, giving back to the community through her family business and protecting her mother while she bravely fought cancer. But her enrolment in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)...
In this edition of Reparation Conversations, Michael Barnett responds to an opinion piece by St Aubyn Morgan published in the Jamaica Observer of April 12. Barnett outlines some of the many justifications for reparation for the trans-Atlantic...
As I drove past, I observed the very young children being ushered in. The sign caught my eyes. Tugged at my heartstrings. It read ‘Small Treasures’. This immediately distinguished the attendees and announced to all onlookers that our youngest of...
Apparitions Hello, ghostly angel of the night, Here, the other ghost of recent apparitions That make the last minutes of a life a worthy passage Dancing at DubC we crossed each other’s eyes smiling As two palms swinging a sweet storm together...
The right to full independence inheres in us as a people, as a reflection of our humanity, and it is a matter of the deepest regret that in 1962 Jamaica did not seek a form of independence that would have separated us constitutionally from the...
Many heads swivelled when the notoriously salacious Lady Saw switched identities and became Minister Marion Hall. Before the ink was dry on that reinvention of self, the dancehall diva subjected her fans and critics to more shock waves by...
In an ideal world, those who have a knack for counting trees would study and specialise in tree counting and would be revered for the diverse contributions they make as professional tree counters. Unfortunately, this is not an ideal world. Hardly...
Columnists, including your not-so-humble scribe, do a lot of writing about governments’ obligations to their citizens. This often begs the question, “Do citizens have any obligation to Government?” Yes, they do. I’m not referring to the obvious...
Interest rate movements can be beneficial and harmful to the public at the same time, depending on whether money is being borrowed, saved or invested. Higher interest rates are good for savers, investors in new fixed-rate bonds and investors in...
I have never posted a comment on Twitter. This is even though I have had an account for many years. Despite this, I visit the platform daily, reading messages posted by others. The situation may change, depending on Mr Elon Musk’s actions. News...
Growing up in St Andrew, my exposure to the bauxite-alumina industry was the view of the mud lake visible from Mount Diablo on the way to the north coast. As a young university graduate interested in environmental matters, I recall listening to...
A strong, godly marriage does not happen by chance. It requires intentional adherence to God’s instructions. Marriage was God’s idea, and He has left us with a blueprint in His Word for building strong healthy marriages. The first building block is...
Neville and Jennifer Moodie celebrated 46 years of marriage in July 2021 and, for them, it has been a wonderful journey that would see them walking down the same path again, if given a change to live their lives over. Since she was a mere 16-year-...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A tornado that barrelled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 15,000 people without power, officials said Saturday. More than 1,000...
The Major Investigation Division (MID) is probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of three men in Bedward Garden, August Town, Kingston 6 this morning. The deceased have been identified as 24-year-old mason Rasheed Edwards,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Prices for Russian credit default swaps — insurance contracts that protect an investor against a default — plunged sharply overnight after Moscow used its precious foreign currency reserves to make a last-minute...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Kingston College (KC) was alone at the finish line as they blew away the field to win the Championship of American 4x400m relay event at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field on Saturday. The KC team of Amal Glasgow, Shaemar...