Renowned psychiatrist Dr Geoffrey Walcott says efforts to stem crime and violence will need to be underpinned by an understanding of what drives the individuals responsible for the acts which have tarnished Jamaica’s…
The One You Marry is Affected by the Spirit You Carry…Two Ways
One of the most popular commands heard by a child growing up is “BEHAVE YOURSELF.” In years back even a stranger who is an adult would tell a misbehaving child “BEHAVE YOURSELF.” Good…
NOT GIVING UP US PASSPORT
SOUTHFIELD, St Elizabeth — Businessman Mervin “Baboo” Myers, one of two people vying to represent the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in St Elizabeth South Eastern, has said that he will renounce his…
Sickle cell torment
Labelled as too sick to work, a 37-year-old man was robbed several chances of obtaining employment as employers believed he would not be competent to carry out regular functions. In another case, a…
Elga Salvador | Surviving domestic violence in Jamaica
Anna* is a survivor of domestic violence living in Jamaica. She said the father of her first child physically and verbally abused her for three of the five years of their relationship and…
Gordon Robinson | ‘I’ll keep the king and my identity’
Norman Manley Law School and Jamaican Bar Association are simultaneously celebrating 50th Anniversaries. So I attended a jointly produced forum on the current Constitutional Reform process. Three panellists were advertised but I was…
Kingston airport operator Packal, Dawkins Brown at odds over flight firm assets
PAC Kingston Airport Limited, the Mexican-owned operator of the Norman Manley International Airport, wants assets valued at over $300 million belonging to Flight Connections Limited removed from the airport grounds despite an ongoing…
Boom and bust for onion farmers
Onions have now climbed to $400 per pound on the local market, doubling the price since April, when farmers were almost giving the crop away. Then they faced competition, diminished markets, and limited…
Danger ahead!
FINANCIAL Action Task Force (FATF) President T. Raja Kumar has reiterated a plea for Jamaica to close the gaps in its action plan to avoid a possible move to the dreaded “black” list,…
Where are the hospitable staff?
THE cries of restaurateurs to find and keep hospitable employees have rung the ears of at least one restaurant rater and reviewer. “Sometimes I can’t even put out a review, even if the…