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By Dr. Alis Headlam May 30, 2025

Another Country

I was 14 in 1961 when my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, from the United States for a one-year Fulbright appointment that my dad received. He was offered a position to …

Issue # 209

Another Country

May 30, 2025

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) must be allowed to work

May 30, 2025

Snapshots of genocide through the eyes of the U.S. Administration

May 30, 2025

No respect for women

May 30, 2025

Doctor, I still have hopes for America – am I mad?

May 30, 2025
By Alexander Scott April 30, 2021

No More Reactive Politicians

The recent heinous murder of 20-year-old Khanice Jackson has elicited the now normal response from Jamaican society. It started with the alert that she was missing, the police and security ministry …

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By Dr. Alis Headlam April 16, 2021

Project Vision: We have to tell our story.

In 2012 the city of Rutland in Vermont was in despair. Its police department was in chaos, neighbourhoods were engulfed in a drug epidemic, housing and infrastructure were in desperate need …

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By Ewart Walters April 16, 2021

The Seventies – Hugh Shearer – Prime Minister And Decent Gentleman — Part II

At Hugh Shearer’s funeral Edward Seaga hailed him as a “champion of the working class, a benefactor of the poor, and protector of the disadvantaged”. Prime Minister P.J Patterson hailed him …

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By Joan Williams April 16, 2021

Our Own Black Hill Volcano, Portland

Once again, La Soufriere has disrupted the lives of so many people in St. Vincent, where the economic fallout of COVID-19 has already been taking such a toll that just last …

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By Joan Williams April 2, 2021

Reflections On Religion

I hate religion. Every time I say that I get lots of glares, then someone accuses me of being an atheist! Atheist? Good God, in my book it takes a great …

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By Ewart Walters April 2, 2021

The Seventies: Hugh Shearer – Prime Minister and decent gentleman

July 5, 2004 brought to an end the impressive life of Jamaica’s third Prime Minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer. In the 13 days between his death and his funeral, Jamaica had the …

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By Joan Williams March 19, 2021

The Case For Republicanism

Jamaica used to be the most independent and progressive of what was known as the West Indies, but on the issue of becoming masters or mistresses of our own destiny, we …

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By Recently Retired March 5, 2021

In Search Of A Dignified Pension

Having recently retired I decided to apply for, what I thought, was my livable, well-deserved and hard-earned State pension that, over the last 32 years, I willingly complied and contributed to …

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By The Laird March 5, 2021

The Myth Of Sovereignty – The Case Of Covid19 Vaccines

A raging debate has erupted as to whether Jamaica is a laggard Caribbean state in the race to get its people vaccinated against Covid19. The protagonist debaters point out that Barbados, …

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By Joan Williams March 5, 2021

Losing The Battle Against Covid-19

It is clear that the run-away incidence of Covid 19 in Jamaica is grave but anyone could have told the authorities that if they failed to enforce  regulations to keep the population safe, …

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