The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has declared the pilot of its modular exam and certification in mathematics an unqualified success. So, it is now full speed ahead for the unrestricted…
Last Monday – August 17 – was the birthday of Jamaica’s first declared National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), a truly great Jamaican. He had his flaws (as do all of us) but the cause he…
While women across the globe were having an average of five children in 1960, they are now having an average of two. This is a global phenomenon and not simply a local one. This is important to…
This newspaper has long supported the deployment of closed-circuit cameras in public spaces as tools to help fight and deter crime. When a crime takes place and the incident is recorded, that video…
There is consensus among social scientists that education is the most critical vehicle for development. Among its by-products are employment, social stability and character formation. However, in…
We are taught from an early age how to wait. Waiting is a part of our day-to-day lives, whether it is sitting in traffic or standing in line to buy something. However, when it comes to cardiac arrest,…
With two major water transmission and distribution projects under way on Jamaica’s north and south coasts, the government expects that, over the next three years, the island’s periodic water crises…
In recent years, "mindset" has become one of the most celebrated concepts in personal and professional development. Bookstores are filled with titles promising to transform our thinking,…
This feels like the hottest summer ever experienced in Kingston and St Andrew to date, although the records say that, generally, 2023 was much hotter. This year, Jamaica is experiencing the effects of…