Calabar High School and Kingston College have a lot in common. Calabar was started by the Baptist Church. The aim was – primarily – to provide educational opportunities for young black boys. Kingston College was started by two Anglican bishops in order to provide similar opportunities for the same demographic group. Over the years, both …
Last Friday, I received an invitation to a press conference. It seemed this had to do with the matter of athletes reportedly attacking a teacher at one of our prominent high schools. The first three items listed were: At this point, something was awoken in my mind. A few years ago, Dr Lascelve ‘Muggy’ Graham, …
George Conway, a conservative lawyer and husband of Kellyanne Conway, adviser to United States President Donald Trump, is one of the harshest critics of his wife’s boss. Recently, he made some more unflattering comments about President Trump. Using the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) handbook on mental illnesses, he showed remarkable similarities between Trump’s behaviour and …
Glenn Tucker/Guest Contributor Permit me to throw my support behind engineer Howard Chin’s suggestion that we use biology to deal with the mosquito crisis. I have often wondered why we seem to be chasing mosquitoes all over the place when they seem to be dodging us. An obviously frustrated Dr Michael Abrahams sits in his …
THE EDITOR, Sir, There was an article in the entertainment section of The Sunday Gleaner that I found quite distressing. I refer to that great musical treasure, Orrett Rhoden, his difficulties with mental illness and unfortunate attempts to provide solutions for this problem. His brother and apparent caregiver has decided to isolate him from the …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Nadia Morgan was a Jamaican doctor and medical researcher. She specialised in rheumatology – disorders of the joints, muscles and ligaments. Fortified by a strong, supportive family and an excellent high-school education at Immaculate, she was provided with a sound springboard to start her career in medicine at The UWI. My GP …
THE EDITOR, Sir: State Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has expressed condolences to loved ones of British-Jamaican hairdresser Karen Cleary-Brown, who was recently murdered. So, too, has Percival LaTouche, head of the Jamaica Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents (JARRR). It has been years that I have heard Mr LaTouche expressing frustration over the same …
Gerry Grindley is a successful and respected Jamaican businessman who is spending his retirement years in Florida. While there, he decided that the Republican Party’s principles were closest to his own and joined that party. Recently, Mr Grindley – a staunch Trump supporter – received the highest honour awarded by the Republican Party. One section …
THE EDITOR, Sir: In 2016, the NCB Financial Group Limited, parent company for National Commercial Bank, made $14 billion in net profits. Last year, it improved its position by recording $19 billion in net profit. This, I gather, is a new record, as earnings grew by 32 per cent. Delighted owners of NCB stock shared …
Allow me to support the position of my MP, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, in her position on the abortion issue. This is not an attempt to get her to fix the road where I live. Well, not really. But I genuinely believe her position that a woman should have safe options for the premature termination of a …
