Editorial

No easy way out

We have been hearing since it was first identified in Wuhan, China late last year that among the biggest challenges facing the world in relation to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is that the experts don't know enough about it. Read More

Opportunities for agriculture after COVID-19
Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) President Richard Pandohie makes a valid point in his suggestion that farmers and the wider agricultural sector become more engaged in the use of technology.... Read More

Burying a loved one in the era of COVID-19
The pain of burying a loved one is becoming even more excruciating as traditional norms of extended ceremony and eulogy are having to be abandoned in this era of COVID-19 or coronavirus.... Read More

Bring the full weight of the law down on the mischief merchants
The police, we note, have charged a man with creating public mischief in relation to the circulation of a voice note falsely claiming a shutdown of Westmoreland as the island tries to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19.... Read More

If ever we needed each other, it is now

Tuesday, March, 31 2020

The entire country of Jamaica, by now, must be seized with the utter seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, if only from seeing the devastation which the disease is wreaking from one end of the globe to the next. Read More

Don't lose hope, there is light ahead

Monday, March, 30 2020

As news of doom and gloom related to COVID-19 flood people's space, it is very easy for some to descend into extreme depression and hopelessness. Read More

COVID-19 will severely test our health system

Sunday, March, 29 2020

The resilience of Jamaicans to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be, among other things, a reflection of their health and the state of the public health system. Read More

COVID-19 apart, this was a good regional 4-day cricket season

Friday, March, 27 2020

Like players and fans, the West Indies cricket selectors surely feel cheated by the loss of the final two rounds of the regional 4-day championship, due to COVID-19. Read More

Mr Maduro not qualified to lead, but…

Friday, March, 27 2020

The timing of the United States' action against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday may very well raise some questions in the international community. After all, the political tension between Washington and Caracas had indeed taken a back seat to the outbreak of the novel... Read More

Battle against COVID-19 the Third World War?

Thursday, March, 26 2020

Rarely has a United Nations secretary general sounded a more urgent and chilling alarm than Mr Antonio Guterres as he launched a US$2-billion global humanitarian response plan yesterday to fight the devastating 2019 novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19. Read More