EDITORIAL - Trevor Rhone: a true, cultural icon
The cultural community mourns the sudden passing of Trevor Rhone, multi-talented theatre practitioner. With his departure, the Jamaican cultural arts scene is undoubtedly the poorer. This is the time when, according to the contemporary custom...

Settling wage negotiations
Newly installed Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) President Michael Stewart, in bringing greetings at the inaugural Eric Downie Memorial Lecture organised by the Boulevard Baptist Church as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations...

The crash, one year on
This year marks the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the investment bank whose bankruptcy triggered the great crash of 2008. While there has been no shortage of reflection on the dramatic events of last year...

Bloodlust of a happy people
I return to a bug bear of mine, our penchant for violent behaviour. When Jamaicans say that the major problem in our country is crime and violence, they generally have in mind those in our society who perform violent crime....

The winward Mr Bolt
In the office that I work for in St Maarten, we have a delivery-man, De'ron. De'ron originates from St Catherine, Jamaica and is basically driving up and down the island roads six days a week. I call him Mr Bolt because he runs fast every day...