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Fayval Williams’ plan to make technical and vocational education and training (TVET) a critical part of the curriculum of Jamaica’s primary schools must be subject to deep analysis and serious discussion with stakeholders. For not only is Ms...
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We have hope. My young colleague, Corey Robinson, in a story carried in the current issue of this newspaper, sought my comment on a survey conducted by Paul Bourne on behalf of the paper. Not surprisingly, we Jamaicans believe that there is...
Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness reprimanded conspiracy theorists at a forum on digital transformation in Jamaica. He vigorously contested the claim that the global spread of digital currency is a sign of a catastrophic New World Order...
In response to rising unemployment, two leaders of the emerging national movement called for the expansion of industrial development. In 1934, Marcus Garvey, founder of the People’s Political Party, convened a six-day conference to discuss plans...
Erica (not her real name) was born in Spanish Town, November 1968. Her father was a hard-working forklift operator, a farmer, and an excellent cook. Her mother was a dedicated housewife who took good care of her family. She also assisted her spouse...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is haemorrhaging and Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson appears resigned to the fact that the revolving door of policemen and women heading to greener pastures will continue over time. The JCF...
Tuesday was Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad. Although I believe that while the politicians, contractors, doctors, lawyers and “business” people have all arrived, but the rest of us have not reached, I found one Indian who without ever reaching...
As if small states, with limited financial and human resources to safeguard their societies, do not confront enough grave challenges, along comes the phenomenon of ‘autonomous weapons’ – probably the most frightening technological development that...
Floyd Green is hitting the right notes at the start of his ministerial oversight to the mining sector. He has promised to engage the industry’s “stakeholders”, including environmental campaigners who are concerned about the effects of mining, to...
Well, June is here, and the minister of legal and constitutional affairs has not carried out her threat to table in the House of Parliament “Her Bill” to amend the Jamaican constitution which would lead to Jamaica becoming a republic. At a media...
Nine days have passed but there is still more to be said on the matter of the inflated salaries being awarded to the political directorate and other public sector senior-level staff. Some of the justifications that have been given regarding the...
Farmers will welcome Floyd Green’s promise that combating praedial larceny is among his priorities as agriculture minister. Mr Green is, however, advised to avoid the error of too many policymakers in believing that increasing penalties is of...
AT 93 MILLION miles away from us, the sun is the closest star to Earth. And while your mind boggles just trying to imagine just how near or how far 93 million miles is, the heat that we’ve been feeling for the last couple of weeks is enough to make...
THE HEADLINE in the June 8, 2022 edition of this newspaper, ‘Election-year deadline for ditching the Queen’, announced the Government’s intention to remove the British monarch as head of state. The plan encompasses general constitutional reforms as...
The likelihood of a moderate hurricane season this year is welcome news for the Caribbean. But as the experts have warned, that possibility is no reason for the region to let its guard down. The very phenomenon – El Niño conditions – that might...
This month of May is unusually hot with little rain, resulting in yet another bout of water restrictions in Kingston. According to Minister Matthew Samuda, Jamaica is experiencing one of the worst droughts on record. This is most likely due to...
