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From left: Mark Golding, opposition leader, greets Dr Peter Phillips as Ernest Hilaire, deputy prime minister of St Lucia, looks on at the East Central St Andrew Annual Constituency Conference at Molynes Industrial Park, Molynes Road, St Andrew, on Septemb

There’s a new wave of American sitcoms that seem to be actively discarding cardboard stereotypes formerly used for easy laughs. Instead these new sitcoms rely on intelligent, creative writing and directorial styles establishing a hybrid look...

In this file photo, a policeman stands guard at a crime scene at the intersection of North and Regent streets in Kingston where a man on a motorbike was shot at.

CAPRI’s 2020 study on Jamaica’s violent gangs, Guns Out: The Splintering of Jamaica’s Gangs – https://shorturl.at/ixLX5, repeated the commonly held premise that Jamaica suffers from a “culture of violence”. Ongoing work in the security field has...
In this 2020 photo, Jamaica Labour Party supporters blow their vuvuzuelas in West Rural St Andrew while People’s National Party supporters break into a dance at the Mannings Hill Primary School.

The happenings in Jamaica of the last two weeks confirm two truths about us as a society: we can really major in the minor while being alarmist. Second, politics is more theatre than reality, more theatrics than substance. And apologies to those in...

We have been communicating now for over a year. His skills are in forensic accounting. Since the SSL scandal broke, we have been in touch more than usual. “As I hinted at in our last talk, more investors who have been fleeced have been identified...

The climatic phenomenon known as “El Niño” is intensifying its presence worldwide. Projections are not favourable for the countries of the region. Below-normal rainfall is expected in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, northern Venezuela...

Looking ahead to the rest of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters have revised their predictions to indicate a more active season than originally expected, even with a strengthening El Niño in play. The current forecast points to a...

IN JAMAICA, a health crisis looms – one tied not to nature but to nutrition. Despite fertile lands and a rich farming legacy, Jamaica finds itself over-reliant on imported ultra-processed foods and the resulting rise in obesity and non-...

I am extremely fortunate. I was born in Dominica to a father who was part of a generation of great Caribbean men. He believed in equality, and he believed in me. To him, his daughters were just as exceptional as his sons, and with my mother, he...

As Jamaica aspires to achieve its Vision 2030 goals within the next seven years, a critical hurdle stands in the way. The ramifications of inefficiencies linked to obtaining a police record reverberate across multiple fronts, casting a shadow on...

Chairman of the Transport Authority (TA), Owen Ellington, was commissioner of police from April 2010 to July 2014. Very few of us would be prepared to say that he was anything, but a good and decent man at the top. I cannot find anything which he...
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