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THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to share my wish list for the new year, and beyond, to build a better Jamaica. Collaboration: We need to see less ego-centric and green vs orange division by our leaders to guide economic and social...

THE CHRISTMAS season was checkered with a plethora of charitable works from private individuals to community and business entities. As we conclude the secular Christmas celebration, I share my personal dream for Jamaica. Catholic social teachings...

Merry Christmas to you all! Yes, it’s still Christmas! Today is only the fifth day of the 12 days of Christmas, and we still have seven days to go! I see that my colleague columnist Basil Jarrett from up the road has declared that “another...

T.R.E.N.D! Chen!” Indeed, as so many public commentators have observed, we are in the silly season, with both parties on the campaign trail, with hype at new heights, and almost every government agency having media events claiming the ultimate in...

Ongoing discussions about Jamaica’s shortage of skilled workers raise questions about the status of the island’s labour reform project, including why, half a decade after a high-powered team completed a report on the subject, it appears to remain...

This newspaper shares the deepening concern in industry for Jamaica’s worsening shortage of skilled labour, and is sympathetic to calls by some of its captains for an importation of workers to meet the demand. But recruiting labour from outside...

IN AN event hosted by the always energetic media personality and master of ceremonies, Jennifer ‘Jenny Jenny’ Small, the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) unveiled its new school tour as part of the Transforming Education for National...

In what could be described as a step on the road to greater collaboration in education, parents, educators, and students gathered last Thursday to discuss the transformative potential of the Minis...

Fayval Williams has not made a formal announcement about the scheme. It has, however, seeped out that the education minister has approved a plan for schools whose intake of grade-seven students are ill-prepared for secondary education to use their...

CHAIRMAN of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee Dr Adrian Stokes has flagged the Government's public procurement system as one factor causing implementation of some initiatives from t...