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Editorial
Commercialisation brings value to sports, but let's be careful
The uproar triggered by the decision of World Athletics (previously the International Association of Athletics Federations) to cut eight disciplines from the Diamond League season next year is understandable. Read More
Sexual Harassment Bill — still some ways to go
We in this space are among those who impatiently await the passage into law of the Act to Make Provision for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and for Connected Matters, or more popularly the Sexual Harassment Bill, which has been too long in...... Read More
Disappointment on targets, but Jamaica AIDS Support gives hope
We share the disappointment of all the stakeholders and the country as a whole in hearing from local experts that Jamaica will not meet the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2020 target.... Read More
Has the PNP's Mr Fitz Jackson gone rogue?
We are in no position to say whether Mr Fitz Jackson, the People's National Party (PNP) chairman and spokesman on national security, has gone rogue in seeming to depart from the party's policy on the joint approach to crime-fighting in Jamaica.... Read More
A good plan, Prime Minister, but we need details
Today's world cries out for an education system that caters for science, technology, and critical thinking in a focused and dedicated way. Read More
Ms Pat Durrant represents the best of our awesome women ambassadors
Women represent fewer than 10 per cent of diplomats in the top position of ambassador to Washington, DC out of the 189 diplomatic missions there. Overall, the number of women ambassadors at the United Nations has only just reached 37 out of 193-member... Read More
Tackling our water woes on all fronts
In the November 10 edition of the Jamaica Observer, I outlined my vision for the transformation of the water sector as one that will make use of affordable, sustainable and renewable technology. Read More
Contemplating the regional Super50
For decades, annual regional tournaments such as the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 — now in its final stages in Trinidad and Tobago — have been crucial for cricket development and... Read More
What the deaths of Ms Abigail Rowe, DJ 'Venom' tell us
The deaths earlier this week of two young Jamaicans — Miss Abigail Rowe, a 21-year-old University of Technology, Jamaica student, and 40-year-old Mr Raymond Peart, who goes by the appellation “DJ Venom” — have highlighted the need for even... Read More
After massive increase in road licences, the taxi horse has long bolted
We have no doubt that Prime Minister Andrew Holness is sincere in his desire to curtail the traffic nightmare caused especially by lawless taxi operators in the Corporate Area and town centres across the island. Read More
A 42-month wait for an investor is not Usain Bolt speed, PM
Maybe Prime Minister Andrew Holness is the only one in his Administration who appreciates the need for dispatch in the area of approving investment projects. Read More
End the violence against women!
We would not be doing any injustice to our Jamaican women if we said that yesterday's commemoration of United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) was more of a whimper than a bang. Read More
Easing stress levels among professionals very important
Jamaicans are understandably bothered by ugly confrontations involving public sector employees and those they are employed to serve. Read More
Social media and the devaluation of public honesty
Honesty is the universally accepted principle on which people should voluntarily conduct all their affairs and relations. Without honesty there would be no trust, and relations among people would, in most instances, be ruthless. Read More
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