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If there is one thing that Jamaica is exceptionally good at it is a delayed response to confronting long-standing issues. Despite that, the year 2024 will be pivotal as the country will have to face a multiplicity of challenges to achieve...

The following is an excerpt from the speech presented by Dr Peter Phillips at the naming ceremony for the Sir Kenneth Hall Administrative Building at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not disclosed if, or how far, he has advanced his plan for a ministry, separate from the one for national security, to address Jamaica’s chronic problem of violence and dysfunctional behaviour. The last time Mr...

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has called for a national crusade against the tide of criminality and moral decay in the society. Concerned about the wanton and unbridled acts of criminality that have been unleashed against even the most...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - In a passionate and stirring address at the Jamaica Committee of Umpires Association’s annual dinner, former Prime Minister PJ Patterson called for a national revival of moral valu...

Across the world and in Jamaica, December 10 is being recognised as International Human Rights Day. It was on this date in 1948 – 75 years ago – that the nations of the world agreed and signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 21...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is clearly on to something in his public ruminations at his party’s annual conference on Sunday about his intention to establish a new government ministry dedicated to combating violence in the society. “I’m thinking...

THE EDITOR, Madam: The excerpts from the thought-provoking speech made by Howard Mitchell at his induction into the PSOJ Hall of Fame banquet and printed in The Gleaner, is like tonic to a people who are given a steady, daily diet of doom and...

The following is an excerpt from the speech made by Howard Mitchell during last month’s 2023 Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Hall of Fame banquet. Jamaica has accomplished wonderful things. We lead the world in track and field and sport...