EDITORIAL - Why teachers are not accountable
Perchance there was ever an assumption to the contrary, there can hardly be a doubt that there will be no support by the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) for performance-based compensation for its members. Unless, that is, it is brought kicking and screaming to the process...

Greenwash in the minerals sector
We are all familiar with the term 'whitewash', which means to cover up what is dirty with a layer of good-looking paint, or to dress up what is dirty and filthy with a pretty outer garment. The Bible has a term 'whitened sepulchres' which gets across the same idea... - Peter Espeut

NOTE-WORTHY
Jamaica a druggie paradise? - We now realise that someone's perception of our country is that it is a 'druggie paradise'.