Editorial

Big move by the Health and Wellness Ministry

The Health and Wellness Ministry's signing, last month, of framework agreements with 10 radiology providers to facilitate increased access to some diagnostic services for patients in the public health-care system has not grabbed the requisite... Read More

Can't The Bahamas share the milk of human kindness with Haiti?
We suspect that the prime minister and people of The Bahamas must feel conflicted to the core of their souls after deporting 112 Haitians last week to face the political, social and economic upheavals that continue to inflict that tragic Caribbean...... Read More

People's attitude the biggest problem in anti-mosquito campaign
There can be no discounting the danger posed by mosquito-borne dengue.Not only does the disease make people very sick, it kills.... Read More

Medical and wellness tourism a low-hanging fruit
As Jamaica struggles along at a growth rate which is only good by comparison with 30 years of stagnation, the country continues to miss out on transformative economic opportunities.... Read More

Good vibes for national football teams

Saturday, October, 12 2019

This newspaper can only agree with national men's football coach Mr Theodore Whitmore regarding the Concacaf Nations League which continues today with the Reggae Boyz hosting Aruba at the National Stadium in St Andrew. Read More

Loose lips sink ships 2.0

Friday, October, 11 2019

We never thought that we would have had reason to be saying this again. But given Wednesday's outburst by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck after the arrest of his former Cabinet colleague Mr Ruel Reid and four other individuals, it appears that we are in the silly... Read More

'Loose lips sink ships...and cock mouth kill cock'

Thursday, October, 10 2019

So crucial was it that the United States Office of War Information coined the phrase “Loose lips sink ships” and disseminated it on posters to discourage unguarded talk it believed could hurt its war effort during World War II. Read More

Fontana's Miss Lou project is most fitting

Wednesday, October, 9 2019

Amidst the garrulous political exchanges between the Government and the Opposition over the past few days, this newspaper had the pleasure of bringing to greater public attention a project that, we believe, is of immense importance to the preservation of Jamaica's culture. Read More

The humblest calf drinks the most milk, Dr Haughton

Tuesday, October, 8 2019

The community of Cornwall College, 'the school beside the hill', and trying inner-city Mount Salem, St James, must be in anguished and wailful mourning for their young but prominent son, Dr Andre Haughton.There is little doubt that the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) thought it... Read More