Hubert Devonish News Today

A 15 PER CENT salary increase accepted by academic staff of The University of the West Indies (UWI) will not be paid this week as initially agreed on after the tertiary institution indicated to union representatives that it will not be able to meet...

My column last Sunday, “Dunce educators failing students,” provoked the usual hostile responses on The Gleaner’s website. “Chapter 1” posted several comments. In at least two, he branded me as “di patwah daktah.” That sick burn certainly does not...

All that noise about those ‘Dunce’ backpacks has died down so quickly. On Friday, I googled ‘dunce backpack Jamaica’ and got 37,500 results in 0.19 seconds. A whole heap of people were nyamming up themselves at the start of the new school year. I...

Dr Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology (UTech), is hopeful that the Government will meet the salary demands of the entire staff population at the institution, as he believes this will determine whether high quality education...

'While the grass is growing, the horse is starving!' That's the best proverb Professor Hubert Devonish, leader of the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) Jamaica's negotiating team could use yesterday to describe the disgust of...

With Jamaica potentially cutting ties with the British monarchy, it’s time to acknowledge Patwa’s dignity and beauty

Last Tuesday, I discovered that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is way ahead of government agencies in Jamaica. The Jamaican language is one of the options that can be used to submit an application to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)...

“Mi haffi come out fi look something fi eat.” Two Sundays ago, that was the headline of the number two story in The Gleaner’s top 10. It was a heartbreaking report by Sashana Small on young boys hustling as windscreen wipers. Some of them are on...

As the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) steps up its efforts to lay the foundation to ensure that the country transitions to the Republic of Jamaica, the debate continues with regard to i...

In 2019, gender specialist and cultural activist Dr Opal Palmer Adisa w...