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By Aldington "Junior" Murray November 6, 2026

I did not get all that I wanted, but all that I needed – the U.S. mid-term elections

Election Day came and it went here in the United States of America, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. It was not a presidential election, but what was referred to, traditionally, as …

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I did not get all that I wanted, but all that I needed – the U.S. mid-term elections

November 6, 2026

The golden lady of the track, Merlene Ottey

November 6, 2026

Celebrating women: A journey toward equality and justice

November 6, 2026
By Olive Nelson October 15, 2021 5 years 479 words

A New National Awards Committee? But How New?

Olive Nelson When the national honour awardees virtually assemble to collect their awards on National Heroes day, this year, the previously proposed recipient Merrick ‘Al’ Miller will happily not be among …

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By Olive Nelson June 25, 2021 5 years 1,024 word

Renaming Jamaica Crawling Peg Style

From as far back as June 2020, the country was put on notice by Member of Parliament (MP) Desmond McKenzie that the Denham Town Primary and Infant School was destined for …

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By Olive Nelson February 19, 2021 6 years 1,223 word

Targeting inflation: The BOJ’s Pointless, Wasteful Advertising Blitz

“Low, stable and predictable inflation is to the economy what the baseline is to reggae,” declares the voice over Tarrus Riley’s Gimme Likkle One Drop take-off. “High inflation is a wicked …

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By Olive Nelson November 12, 2020 6 years 600 words

A Message To The PNP Hierarchy: Put Up Your Swords And Give Mark A Chance

November 7, 2020 was a day like no other for Jamaica and the USA. It was the day on which delegates of the People’s National Party (PNP) headed to the polls …

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By Olive Nelson August 21, 2019 7 years 742 words

Good Bad Words

Listening to RJR’s Beyond the Headlines programme on the evening of Friday August 16, 2019, I heard Senator Dr. Andre Haughton, University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, speaking contemptuously of …

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By Olive Nelson January 10, 2019 8 years 1,249 word

The brave new world of public transportation

As a child I grew up on public transportation. All of my secondary and most of my tertiary education was pursued under the offerings of the Jamaica Omnibus Service Ltd (JOS) …

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By Olive Nelson March 22, 2018 9 years 913 words

National or Notional Heroes?

“Diaspora Jamaicans renew call for Bob as National Hero” was the title of a lead story in the Gleaner of January 29, 2018 – an annually recurring theme with every approach …

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By Olive Nelson December 8, 2017 9 years 1,037 word

Prisons, prison deals and politics

Congratulations are in order for the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime (CTOC) branch of the Jamaican police force who last week completed the arrest of 25 members of the Terrence gang …

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By Olive Nelson September 15, 2017 9 years 994 words

The ascendancy of anarchy

It was bound to happen. Murderers and violence peddlers of all types are popping up everywhere on the national landscape. Undaunted by the fear of capture, our newly minted gun-toting criminals …

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By Olive Nelson April 14, 2017 10 years 1,032 word

Dancehall and carnival — vulgar displays of licentiousness

We are again approaching the end of another soca/dancehall carnival season. Every day now we are being bombarded from our television screens and newspapers with scenes from the carnival blowouts, bang-ins …

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  • The golden lady of the track, Merlene Ottey
  • Celebrating women: A journey toward equality and justice
  • NWC and the requested rate hike
  • Remembering Stephen “Shorty” Malcolm
  • Jamaica and South Africa: A Bond Forged in History
  • Issues remain with TCN deal
  • A costly lesson for the Government
  • The meaning and purpose of education
  • Michael Manley’s, The politics of change — lies, half-truths, or just lostin translation?

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