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Climate change has been one of the most pressing issues on the global agenda for some time. But few were listening.Today's state of the environment makes a compelling case for governments the world over to position climate change at the centre of...

In his article of November 30, Andre Poyser makes a proposal that deserves serious consideration: Establish a National College of Political Leadership to give political mentorship and training to aspiring politicians. A programme along that line...

Most powerful new technologies are double-edged. Cars are a vast improvement on horses as a means of transportation, but they also kill more than 3,000 people a day and they are a major source of pollution.So, here comes another double-...

"Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbour and says, "I am only joking!"Proverbs 26:18-19. Anyone with a working knowledge of the Jamaican people would inevitably come to the realisation that here is...

When I was a child growing up in Brown's Town, St Ann, my closest neighbour was Baron Morris. Last year, Baron and his wife visited Jamaica. He was travelling in the country when he had some cardiac complications and was admitted to a rural hospital...

American journalist Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) coined the expression, "Politics makes strange bedfellows." Helen Thomas, a columnist, disagreed and insisted, "War makes strangebedfellows."The German general and strategist, Carl von Clauzewitz...

The recent US$200-million investment by New Fortress Energy to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to supply the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Old Harbour 190-megawatt power plant is a clear vote of confidence in Jamaica and its...

A vote is a positive statement of personal support for someone or something. A vote is NOT an enforced choice between two evils. A vote is your personal right, NOT duty or obligation.No citizen should EVER be made to feel he/she must support...

Prior to the introduction of the no-tuition fee policy in September 2007, cost-sharing was used to finance education at the secondary level. Cost-sharing placed an obligation on parents to pay fees that were sanctioned and set by the Government....

The way Finance Minister Peter Phillips puts it, we should be absolutely elated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to reduce the exceptionally high primary surplus target (PST) for Jamaica from 7.5% to 7.25% for the second half...

It is particularly rare that I find myself nodding in agreement with anything Shirley Richards writes. But there it was, common concern that in Justice Minister Mark Golding's article, 'Why we should embrace the CCJ...