South-South partnership plus the longer-term challenges of COVID-19 8:30 pm
A shipment of 75,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which arrived Thursday as a gift from the Africa Medical Supplies Platform and the Republic of South Africa provides yet more evidence of South-South cooperation at work.
A way must be found to revive sport
8:10 pm
THE Flow Concacaf Caribbean Championship isn't just designed to provide entertainment for football lovers and revenue for those who control television and other audiovisual technologies.
No Rasta PR or blaming of entertainers will solve crime
7:50 pm
Today , National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has a critical speech to make to Jamaicans in the Diaspora as part of our Washington envoy's nascent series of dialogue titled 'Let's connect with Ambassador Marks'.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The wanton acts committed against our women and children in recent weeks could have, understandably, enshrouded an issue of vital importance to human survival, which was raised by an official of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
MoreTuesday, April 6, 2021
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has begun the important search for a new secretary general (SG) to replace Mr Irwin LaRocque, whose second term ends in August, which could give the regional bloc its first woman SG.
MoreSaturday, April 3, 2021
We note a hint of optimism from Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie as reported by the Jamaica Information Service on April 1.
MoreThursday, April 1, 2021
This Easter season will, once again, mark the commemoration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, and there is hardly a better time to reflect on the state of nation and the quality of our individual and collective humanity.
MoreWednesday, March 31, 2021
No parent should have to endure the pain and great sense of loss that Ms Eunice Chambers, the mother of Ms Khanice Jackson, is now experiencing. But that, unfortunately, is one of life's cruel realities for some people.
MoreTuesday, March 30, 2021
One of the best memes we have seen on social media since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic is one in which the Devil is bragging to God that he had closed down the Church. “On the contrary, I have opened one in every home,” God responded.
MoreMonday, March 29, 2021
Thankfully, despite the negatives, national football coach Mr Theodore Whitmore believes he came away with “positives” from last Thursday's 1-4 loss in their friendly international with the United States in Austria.
MoreSaturday, March 27, 2021
As he has been doing for months now, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reported on Friday as pleading with rich countries hoarding COVID-19 vaccines to spare a thought for others who share planet...
MoreFriday, March 26, 2021
It's testament to these strange times that the Olympic torch relay, for so long a symbol of joy and optimism, began yesterday in Japan with sadness and uncertainty as dominant themes.
MoreThursday, March 25, 2021
If we have not yet done so, it's time to dispatch or engage lobbyists to seek out supplies of COVID-19 vaccines from the United States, or elsewhere, amid the global scramble among the rich nations for available supplies.
MoreWednesday, March 24, 2021
The Government's push to amend the Disaster Risk Management Act has been too long in coming, given the blatant disregard of the law being demonstrated over the past year by many Jamaicans, which has contributed significantly to the current spike in the number of novel...
MoreTuesday, March 23, 2021
Nationwide FM's Mr Cliff Hughes, very usefully, reported a statement yesterday from Prime Minister Mr Andrew Holness, which we regard as nothing short of startling.
MoreMonday, March 22, 2021
A year ago, the desire for a vaccine to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus was fervent.
MoreSunday, March 21, 2021
It may be by happy coincidence, but right at the time that Jamaica was dispatching its first resident high commissioner to India, the Indian Government was gifting Jamaica its first batch of the sorely needed COVID-19 vaccine earlier this...
MoreSaturday, March 20, 2021
There is quiet confidence in the Caribbean cricket fraternity ahead of tomorrow's start of the first of two Tests against Sri Lanka in Antigua following triumphs in the Twenty20 and One-Day International (ODI) segments of the tour.
More