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By Admin August 1, 2025

Happy Emancipation Day

A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots

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World Order Appears to be coming apart, but this is a time of Great Hope

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By Valerie Dixon February 23, 2018

100 years after jealous, bad-minded people destroyed Garvey

  It’s that time of year again when many people trumpet noise about February being ‘Black History Month’ and in so doing they simply warm over and feed us on the …

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By The Terrible Tout February 22, 2018

We should be “Abel” to say metres!

    By the Terrible Tout   Time’s up! Jamaica decimalized its currency in the 1960s; commenced the process of metrification in 1977; and is alleged to have completed it shortly …

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By The Laird February 22, 2018

The chiseling effect of education

    The following is by an unknown author or authors although it has been used, spoken, read and repeated for centuries, viz; “…. The advantages of education, by which means …

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By Alexander Scott February 22, 2018

A case for collective farming

      Jamaican farming is crucial. There is no other way to put it. Farming is one of the nation’s key pillars. The sector employs thousands of people directly (and …

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By The Terrible Tout February 9, 2018

Time to flip those trends

It’s the time of year when gender and age trends are flipped. Punters should pay attention. Turfites should understand that 3 year olds are just like teenagers, so they are not …

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By Alexander Scott February 9, 2018

Unions need to demand smart and in unison

The past decade has seen public sector workers going through the ringer as it relates to pay. With the rate of inflation always in the back of one’s mind, the workers …

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By Danny Roberts February 8, 2018

Anancyism and the elusive progress or prosperity

  Recently, Contractor General Dirk Harrison, in an address to a Rotary Club meeting, spoke about the culture of anancyism and its effects in undermining Jamaica’s progress towards sustainable economic growth. …

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By James Moss-Solomon February 8, 2018

Bringing order to a population wallowing in chaos

I do not usually follow up my prior articles, and rather prefer to wait for comments or further refinements, or even total rejection of my theme. These usually don’t come out …

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By The Terrible Tout January 26, 2018

Too many costly errors

As far back as May 12, 2017, in Public Opinion, I wrote about the Claiming system: “The object of a claiming system is to ensure horses of like ability compete against …

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By Alexander Scott January 25, 2018

The more politicians promise change, the more things remain the same

Change is a word that is always on politicians’ lips. Change is something that most if not all politicians promise and it is so not just because politicians enjoy hearing themselves speak …

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