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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 17, 2026

To the political cynics – you cannot have your cake and eat it

The idiom “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” means that a person cannot simultaneously possess an item and consume it. Metaphorically speaking, it means that a person cannot enjoy the …

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To the political cynics – you cannot have your cake and eat it

July 17, 2026

Bad deal with the TCNs

July 17, 2026
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A common endeavour: Realizing the Promise of America – Washington D.C June 26, 2026

July 17, 2026

Our Journey from Africa to Jamaica

June 26, 2026
By Ava Sewell Williamson September 1, 2023 3 years 733 words

Back to School With the Consequences of the Transformer and Gardener Metaphors of Teaching

As we approach the start of a new school year, preparations are well underway, hopefully, for effective delivery of course content to our nation’s students. Whether educators choose to employ the …

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By Joan Williams August 18, 2023 3 years 586 words

Useless Parish Councils

There are many institutions in the Jamaican governmental structure that are nothing but a colossal waste of money. None more so than local government though. I can’t recall the number of times, while moderating …

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By Wendell Clarke August 17, 2023 3 years 895 words

A Golden Chance To Implement Garvey’s Teachings

As the world abandons the anomaly that was the 3 decades of unipolarity centred around the US, now is a good time to take stock of the situation and ask ourselves, …

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By Wendell Clarke August 4, 2023 3 years 1,004 word

Common Sense Of Crime

Jamaica has had issues with crime for some time. Gangs, which were once the playthings of powerful politicians following universal adult suffrage, were bolstered and given powerful arms as the nation …

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By Joan Williams August 4, 2023 3 years 329 words

NCB Sucks

Is it possible to get customer service anywhere which is worse than what the National Commercial Bank (NCB) offers? I hardly think that is possible! Can you believe that it apparently …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray August 4, 2023 3 years 1,256 word

In The Real World Do Equal Abilities Always End In Equal Outcomes

“Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.” Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, June 12, 1995 While this writer was …

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By Ava Sewell Williamson August 4, 2023 3 years 760 words

Metaphors Of Learning And Covid 19

There is scarcely a facet of life that is untouched by COVID19.  Suddenly educators have to be rethinking and retooling to counter the challenges that have been magnified by this novel …

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By Joan Williams July 21, 2023 3 years 965 words

Exploring Africa!

I had the opportunity to visit the Motherland twice in 2023, but found it intriguing when quite a few of my fellow countrymen/women, asked incredulously  “how yu go a Africa so …

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By Dr Dennis Minott July 21, 2023 3 years 650 words

Legislative Slackness

I read Dr Jenny Bulstrode’s article entitled ‘Stolen Jamaican innovation made British manufacturers ‘millionaires’ in the Sunday Gleaner on July 16 with great pain. I am just short of livid as I …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 21, 2023 3 years 1,959 word

Racism, Affirmative Action, And Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

White racism in America, at the outset, barred people of colour from partaking of the fruits of freedom and equal opportunity, fruits enjoyed, in the main, by white America through the …

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