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Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis (standing) speaks with House Speaker Juliet Holness during yesterday's sitting of the House of Representatives.

Juliet Holness’ continued obduracy in refusing to release Attorney General Dr Derrick McKoy’s opinion on procedures for tabling reports by the auditor general (AuG) in Parliament is, to say the least, puzzling. So, too, was her seeming attempt to...

SO, ANOTHER ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships is in the record books, and those infernal purple people from North Street have walked away with yet another title in the bag. I will admit that although I very publicly...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) and its suite of technologies are transforming how businesses interact with customers. AI has empowered companies to enhance decision-making, streamline operations, boost productivity, optimise inventory management, and...

Jamaica’s decision to allow the Mustard Seed Communities to take 59 disabled Haitian children and their minders into its care is a positive development in the wake of the Government’s hitherto haphazard application of its refugee policy....

“I saw how that man disrespected my mother. He broke up our family and went off flashing his d**k wherever he pleased. I probably have sisters and brothers who I don’t even know. I will never trust a man the way that she did.” Her anger turned into...

Jamaica must be commended for its efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic which underscore the country’s resilience and commitment to public health. Despite a 10 per cent contraction in real GDP, in...

There are few cock-ups in the management and administration of public policy in Jamaica in recent decades bigger than the taking of the island’s current census. In preparation long before then, the consensus has been going on for a year-and-a-...

Over the last 20 years, Jamaica has had a concerning trend of diminishing productivity. Declines in key productivity measures have positioned the nation at the bottom of Caribbean labour productivity rankings. Specifically, annual decreases of 0.6...

The headline of last Friday’s Gleaner editorial appears to be misleading: “DPP did nothing wrong.” Surprisingly, the editorial identified at least one instance in which the DPP did, in fact, do something wrong. On the controversial matter of the...

Politicians do politics; and everything that went on last week, between the government and Opposition parliamentarians, is sheer political one-upmanship. Caution to both. Just remember that 71 per cent of the electorate does not give a cough for...
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