The findings of the Casey Report on the internal culture at the Metropolitan Police in London are as stark as they are brutal. Most of us who have been campaigning for change won’t…
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No need for alarm over swine flu case at Mandeville Regional, says health authority
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Regional technical director at the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Dr Vitillius Holder says the isolation of a patient at Mandeville Regional Hospital with H1N1, also known as swine flu,…
Did Your Name Make The List? 20 Most Popular Jamaican Female Names
Though influenced by a mix of African and European culture, most common female names in Jamaica are more Spanish and English derived, than from African backgrounds. There is no real way of identifying…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “We saw the giants…”
According to Numbers 13, when the twelve spies returned from spying out the land God had promised them, ten of them returned with a negative report. The land was as God said it would…
Jamaican Producer and Director Merlina Rich to Stage Caribbean Drama Off Broadway
The Caribbean play, “Mamma Decemba” by Nigel D. Moffatt, will have its off-Broadway staging on May 4th, 2023, at The New Perspectives Theatre Studio in New York. The play is directed by Jamaican…
Godiva Golding bridging the technological gap with STEAMHouse
In a world that is rapidly evolving through technology and innovation, science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) fields are at the forefront of progress. In the midst of this exciting landscape, Godiva…
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending April 21st, 2023
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT PREFERS A CEREMONIAL HEAD OF STATE FOR REPUBLIC According to Marlene Malahoo Forte, Jamaica’s Minister of Constitutional Affairs and…
Samuel Braithwaite | Economic development is human development
I am writing in response to Professor Don Robotham’s article, “Jamaica as a developmental state,” published in the Friday, April 14, edition of The Gleaner. Prof Robotham’s continued contribution to national discourse is…
Mia McMorris | A step closer to reparatory justice
In this edition of Reparation Conversations, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past few months. We are about to enter the second quarter of 2023, and with that, what…
Gordon Robinson | The abortion debate
It’s an unanswerable proposition that every woman who elects to abort or not to abort a pregnancy makes a choice. So I’m intolerant of an abortion debate that’s labelled as pro-life against pro-choice…