Editorial

Mr Noel Dexter, a great but humble man

Reflecting on the life Jamaican musicologist, composer and director Mr Noel Dexter took us to the following comment made by late United States President Harry Truman: “In reading the lives of great men I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... Read More

Important that JISCO/Alpart speaks
News that there could possibly be job cuts at the JISCO/Alpart alumina plant in Nain, St Elizabeth is certainly not encouraging to the people who are likely to be affected, the community in which the plant is located and the country in general.... Read More

Tough times for West Indies cricket
What a difference a few months can make!... Read More

Hoping good sense will prevent a global economic recession
There is nothing inevitable about a global economic recession because the world has learned how to reduce the intensity of a downsizing and to head off the worst. The art of economic policy is not perfect. Economists may not know how to produce economic growth but they certainly know...... Read More

Weak global growth likely to mean US slowdown, not recession

Sunday, August, 18 2019

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — How fragile is the global economy? The US-China trade war is weakening businesses in both countries, Germany's economy shrank in the second quarter, and Britain appears headed for a disruptive exit from the European Union this... Read More

Happy for Ms Williams, but clarity needed, JAAA

Saturday, August, 17 2019

The headline 'Hallelujah!' on Friday's back page of the Jamaica Observer perhaps summed up best the feelings of most Jamaican track and field followers regarding reprieve for celebrated hurdler Miss Danielle Williams. Read More

Warning in those microplastic particles in the Arctic

Friday, August, 16 2019

One scientist described it as “a punch in the gut”. It may not have felt like that to us here in the Caribbean, but the detection of minute microplastic particles in the Arctic and the Alps, reported this week, should have jolted us enough to keep our eyes focussed on what is... Read More

More reason to debate sexual harassment Bill

Thursday, August, 15 2019

T he allegations of sexual harassment made by junior doctors against their seniors and reported in this newspaper on Monday should give the joint select committee appointed to review the sexual harassment Bill a lot of food for thought when it starts... Read More

PNP's election-monitoring committee needs to step in

Wednesday, August, 14 2019

Early last month when the political joust started in the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) over Mr Peter Bunting's leadership challenge to party President Dr Peter Phillips, we had asked whether the combatants on both sides would have heeded an appeal from Mr A J Nicholson to end nasty... Read More

IDB's road safety concerns legitimate

Tuesday, August, 13 2019

The points raised by Mrs Therese Turner Jones at the inaugural Caribbean Road Safety Workshop last Thursday are of great importance and should be taken seriously by all law-abiding Jamaicans. Read More

Well done! Now don't drop the ball

Monday, August, 12 2019

Congratulations are due to the St James police for organising a four-week summer camp for 120 children from Salt Spring and surrounding communities. Read More

Another climate change warning we need to heed

Sunday, August, 11 2019

Last week's Special Report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should serve as another warning to the people who still scoff at the scientific reports of the harmful, irreversible consequences of global warming on the world. Read More