Chris Gayle's astonishing 175 not out in the IPL is still being widely talked about.The innings itself is astonishing enough: 175 from 66 balls with 17 sixes is unheard of, and the admission by Chris that he "slowed down" in the middle is mind-boggling.
George W.Bush wasn't lying about Iraq after all, and those of us who said that he was owe him an apology. Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction. We just didn't read the small print.
After Phillip Paulwell's intervention in the Budget Debate on Wednesday, this newspaper wouldn't be surprised if officials at the International Monetary Fund are suspicious about Jamaica's commitment to the economic programme it has agreed with...
Recently, Peter Bunting, minister of national security, expressed the belief that divine intervention has a role in crime fighting, by way of touching the hearts of a wide cross section of Jamaicans.
I CHOOSE to see Minister of National Security Peter Bunting's revelatory moment of unscripted humanity as a leap of intuitive understanding, an epiphany...
IT ISN'T uncommon for people who shape public opinion in Jamaica to disparage the poor. They often express envy for the central, rhetorical and exploitative place ...
Jamaica, for all practical purposes, has an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It will be merely formalised by the fund's executive board at their meeting on May 1...
This newspaper is grateful to the Rev Eniola Davis and high-school principal Ruel Reid for their unvarnished bits of truth-telling this week, which, hopefully, will help to reignite, and deepen, the necessary discussion on reproductive health issues in...
Last week, the entire world was gripped by the deadly bombing of the Boston Marathon. Many commentators said finding those responsible for killing three people and wounding more than 170 others would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
I read with interest the Rev Dr Devon Dick's brief remarks (published in this newspaper on April 11, 2013) about my book, Agency of the Enslaved, launched at Ardenne High School on March 23.I take some delight in the good reverend's attentiveness to my...
Do you agree with the Rev Eniola Davis that the morning-after pill should be promoted more among young people? Where do these people come from respectfully? The dinosaur age? No, we need comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights...
Idle chatter, driven by misinformation and misguided party loyalty, regarding whether an MP's actions affect his position as a government minister abounds....
The commentary by your political affairs reporter Gary Spaulding in The Sunday Gleaner of April 21, 2013, titled 'Azan, defiance and impeachment', clearly demonstrates the danger of drawing conclusions without knowledge of the facts...
For decades, wherever he has stood, especially with regard to football, Austin 'Jack' Warner left a stench - of the type most people associate with corruption...
As is the practice of finance ministers, Peter Phillips climaxed his Budget presentation with a rousing call for national consensus, which he identified as a critical component of any effort to lift Jamaica out of its economic crisis and build...
Well, now, surely it can't be that easy! One toot of the car horn, then a finger point to the sky, and the buxom belle was convinced to get into the Corolla....
The monster of crime which is ravishing the nation is cause for each of us to look into ourselves individually and collectively to see whether our actions are in anyway contributing to the escalation of crime....
After spending this past winter lecturing in Canada, I returned to England in time for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher and the news that in my absence, the UK recession only worsened...
When TVJ News aired the clip with Peter Bunting, minister of national security, saying, "I am convinced that the best efforts of the security forces, by itself, will not solve the crime problem in Jamaica, but it is going to take divine intervention...
In the harsh and brutish environment which some of today's citizenry have created by deviant behaviour, it is easy to forget that we are a people with an honoured past, whose multi-textured history makes us far more worthy than we are tempted to believe we are.
Daryl Vaz has offered back five per cent of his salary. He was very conspicuously NOT joined by anyone else, and I began to wonder why. Is the public aware that political parties automatically withdraw funds from the pay cheques of parliamentarians and councillors for housekeeping expenses? They do. Also, deductions are made for government pension and health insurance.
Big press conference keep up a Alpha yesterday fi show off di new logo fi di school. A long time now Alpha deh bout. Inna 1880, Miss Jessie Ripoll buy 43 acre a land pon South Camp Road. An she set up di Alpha Cottage fi look after poor people pikni. Fi di first, she did ongle tek een girl.
