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THE EDITOR, Madam: It would be a sad misreading of the local government elections lesson to think that all the Jamaican people want is better roads and transport, more water in their pipes, and garbage disposed of more promptly. What they truly...

PM warns against return to poor management of economy

THE EDITOR, Madam: Occasionally, but alas, all too rarely, along comes a communication which hits just about every nail squarely on the head. The contribution of lawyer/businessman Howard Mitchell a few weeks ago on what ails Jamaica was one such...

There is a labour shortage in the tourism industry and by all accounts there is an urgent need to address it before it impacts the delivery of service. Some have called for the immediate importation of workers to fill the gap. However, I question...

Last week was the 60th anniversary of my entry into high school. After “passing” the Common Entrance Examination I won a “free place” to Campion College, and as a 10-year-old took my seat in first form in January 1964. In those days the school...

In his latest critique of the failings of Jamaica’s political leadership, Howard Mitchell highlighted the inefficiency, bordering on laziness, of the island’s Parliament, and questioned whether those who run the show made the best use of existing “...

The people of the United States of America (USA) paid for my first-rate undergraduate education and there, though a foreigner and in the maelstrom of the disastrous Vietnam War, that great nation tolerated and indeed encouraged my complete freedom...

On Instagram, Carrington Morgan, founding director of City Life Ministries headquartered in Central Kingston, declared on its 20th anniversary that 2024 is “… the year of the builder…”. Morgan elaborated that our aim should exceed mere experiences...

In a scathing rebuke of Jamaica’s leadership and education system, renowned businessman Howard Mitchell says for more than a century the nation’s leaders have maintained a structure that is failing to produce literate and numerate graduates to...

With Jamaicans sceptical of the reported 10 per cent decline in major crimes last year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has repeated his promise of a radically new approach to the crisis in 2024. Apart from the regular policing, he hopes to “...