Individuals like Ms Sandra Watson-Garrick, the CEO of the Real Estate Board (REB), are wasting their time resisting the phenomenal growth of short-term rentals fuelled by companies like Airbnb, Booking.com, Trip Advisor, and Expedia, among others. Read More
Better to be safe than sorry
This newspaper must confess to being shocked by the revelations during our interaction with Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner Stewart Beckford on Monday.... Read More
The dilemma of having five sets of twins
There are Jamaicans in whose veins course the milk of human kindness and unconditional generosity, who are likely to respond to the desperate cry for help coming from Ms Kerry-Ann Anderson — a woman who has given birth to five sets of fraternal twins, plus two...... Read More
To counter the effects of the Aedes aegypti
Health workers should be forgiven if they have concluded that Jamaicans are an especially tough-headed people.... Read More
In the last decade, Jamaica has borrowed from China to finance badly needed infrastructure and there has been foreign direct investment (FDI) by Chinese companies in the bauxite and sugar industries. Read More
Following the four-game ban on West Indies fast bowler Mr Shannon Gabriel for a perceived homophobic comment there are a few current and former cricketers scratching their heads and thinking 'that could have been me'. Read More
The appointment of Ms Fayval Williams as the minister of energy, science, and technology is, we believe, a sound one as she brings to the job the level-headedness that is required to steer one of that ministry's main assets — Petrojam — back on... Read More
Less than a year after Jamaican legislators frowned upon raising the age of consent for sex from 16 to 18, the Freedom Evangelical Association (FEA) is seeking to bring the issue back to the fore. Read More
The populace, especially in the Corporate Area, has shown commendable patience with the Government as it pushes ahead with the roadwork development projects, knowing that they were long overdue and will make life much better upon completion. Read More
We had always known that there was widespread support among Jamaicans for the states of emergency (SOEs) which were being used by the Government to combat rampant crime plaguing specific areas of the country. Read More
Lawlessness and disorder are by no means new to Jamaicans.But even at that, the incident which unfolded in Spalding, a small but lively town on the Clarendon/Manchester border last Tuesday, was shocking. Read More
Some people are fond of saying that The University of the West Indies (UWI) is academic and not practical enough. However, this does not seem to be a fair evaluation. Read More
Such is the power of the Internet that people have become used to finding information with the click of a button. Read More
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke's announcement that the Government will make funds available in the national budget for the pursuit of research and development (R&D) as of financial year 2019/20 has warmed our hearts. Read More
We don't immediately share the enthusiasm of Senator Damion Crawford for his proposal – broadened in scope by child advocate Mrs Betty Ann Blaine – to create a National Housing Trust (NHT) lookalike to help finance tertiary education. Read More