Opinion: Bob Marley Deserves the Ultimate National Honors

Opinion: Bob Marley Deserves the Ultimate National Honors

Editorial credit: Mikael Eriksson / Shutterstock.com By Leo Gilling While I understand Jamaicans’ love for a good, emotional legacy from our national heroes, Bob Marley is just as good a representative of our people as our heroes, Sam Sharpe, Nanny, George William Gordon, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley, Paul Bogle, and Marcus Garvey. He was not […]

Opinion: EU Vacillating Jamaica Demonstrating

Opinion: EU Vacillating Jamaica Demonstrating

By Peter Polack Recent developments in Jamaica suggest that country is awash in corruption, not to mention crime and human rights abuses. It includes a prime minister who has not had his disputed asset declarations published for three years, six members of parliament and twenty-eight public officials under investigation for illicit enrichment and the recent […]

Attempts to Improve Education in the Caribbean are a Scam

Attempts to Improve Education in the Caribbean are a Scam

By Ajonté Josiah Education has been at the forefront of the news in recent weeks, with Governments across the Caribbean engaging in various agreements to improve the state of education in the region. The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is the education cornerstone for most English-speaking Caribbean. For many Caribbean countries, CXC provides the primary exams students take […]

Community Op-Ed: New York City is Back – With More Jobs Than Ever

Community Op-Ed: New York City is Back – With More Jobs Than Ever

By Mayor’s Office | October 23, 2023 Less than two years ago, I was sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City. Our city was still reeling from the devastation of a global pandemic. Commercial neighborhoods and office buildings were deserted. Headlines questioned the future of New York City. But I knew then what every New […]

Community Op-Ed: Investing in Clean, Green Public Space for All New Yorkers

Community Op-Ed: Investing in Clean, Green Public Space for All New Yorkers

By Mayor’s Office | October 16, 2023 So much of New York City’s history was about changing the natural environment – cutting it down, clearing it out, paving it over. But going forward, we know that the future is about working with nature, building a greener, cleaner, safer city for all. From parks and playgrounds […]

ICYMI: Comptroller Lander Op-ed on Asylum Seekers in The Nation

ICYMI: Comptroller Lander Op-ed on Asylum Seekers in The Nation

Editorial credit: Sean Aidan Calderbank / Shutterstock.com New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander published an opinion piece in The Nation offering a vision for how government can work together so that asylum seekers can help the city thrive. Read the full op-ed below:  Mayor Eric Adams said the quiet part way too loud last […]

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