Phillip Paulwell’s announcement this week of his intention to repeat his action of seven years ago and release his assets and liabilities filings since 2017 is a positive development.

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We welcome the Government’s commissioning of what Edmund Bartlett has described as a “multidimensional impact assessment” of Jamaica’s tourism sector, in preparation for the industry’s planned construction of 20,000 new hotel rooms.

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The Holness administration has given itself a chance for a reset of the education transformation project and to mobilise Jamaicans behind the initiative. It should grasp it.

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Government has tied itself into unyielding legal and political knots to keep one public servant, former DPP Paula Llewellyn, in office for two more years. Let’s break that down starting with a brief history of DPPs.

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Going by Don Anderson’s recent opinion poll – which this newspaper has no reason to question – as well as the results of last February’s municipal vote – the People’s National Party has a decent shot at winning the general election.

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What’s right with Jamaica? Jehvoun Byfield, a teenager in state care, easily answers that question by his award-winning performance in the 2023 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations.

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It is not clear what specific objections the old boys’ and parent-teacher associations have against Sian Wilson’s possible elevation as principal of Calabar High School. Whatever those are may be legitimate and should be heard.

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The Editor, Madam: I write to express my deep concern about the recent implementation of the new biometric immigration system at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.

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The American justice system took a huge leap towards accountability on Thursday when former President Donald Trump was indicted for allegedly paying hush money to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.

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This newspaper appreciates Lord Reed’s declared efforts to have the British government change the law to allow judges from countries, like Jamaica, that retain the JCPC as their apex court, the opportunity to sit on its benches.

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Jamaica’s formal recognition this week of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state is a profoundly moral decision that places the island on the right side of history.

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The Public Service Commission should provide greater clarity on Paula Llewellyn’s seemingly temporary disengagement as director of public prosecutions.

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The disturbing surge in violence among the nation’s students is a looming issue in search of urgent solution, if we intend to return a sense of safety and calm to the school environment.

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Once it hears the arguments this week in the latest twist over the “good faith certificates” granted to the three soldiers accused of murdering Keith Clarke, the Court of Appeal must act with urgency in delivering its judgment.

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If there is one Jamaican white man to whom the term Massa does not apply, it is Mark Golding. Anyone who knows him will attest to that. Nigel made a mistake last week which has backfired badly.

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Marlene Malahoo Forte and Rocky Meade, the joint leaders of the lawyer-laden committee that is to make suggestions for updating Jamaica’s Constitution, have three urgent tasks.

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