No matter how hard I try to filter out spam, I end up getting all sorts of unwanted email messages: fraudulent appeals from friends supposedly stranded abroad who need large sums of money to help them come home; sales pitches from China offering goods...
How can it be controversial as to whether there is to be a commission of enquiry into the West Kingston assault/incursion/invasion/operation/pacification/debacle? As Mayor Brown Burke might say, "Weh de F wrong wid some people doh, eeh?"More Jamaicans...
I am delighted the Rev Dr Devon Dick agrees with my position that "the Somerset case in 1772 did not abolish the presence of slaves on English soil". One must emphasise, however, the importance of not using this outcome to devalue the implication of Lord Mansfield's ruling on the Somerset case that "the black must be discharged".
After making two major air strikes in and near Damascus in three days, Israel informed the Assad regime on Monday that it is not taking sides in the Syrian civil war. But, of course, it is.
The threatened viability of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is something that demands national attention, especially as it is estimated that as many as 200,000 households are stealing electricity.
They snooze, you lose! Over the last few weeks, letter writers to The Gleaner's Opinion & Commentary section have said they've had enough with residents and business persons 'bucking' radios and sound systems at parties and other functions.
What do you have to do to get mutton at a good price? If you're a sheepskate, you go to a sheep sale. Unless you're in China where mutton can be rat, mink or fox.
The regional cricket season has ended for Jamaica, and for the first time in a long while, our senior team ended trophyless. Winning titles at the regional level was taken for granted by spectators and players alike, and finishing empty-handed has been a bitter pill to swallow.
In the high jump, the athlete improves by constantly raising the bar. At some point, the high jumper will fail to clear the bar, but at no point will he say, "Lower the bar; I am going to aim to jump lower."
Agro-parks must be good things. Roger Clarke, the agriculture minister, talks about them a lot. So, too, does Peter Phillips, the finance minister. Indeed, in these hard economic times, in which he is facing the strictures of the International Monetary Fund, Dr Phillips is allowing the agriculture minister to spend more than J$1 billion on these parks.
EVERY DAY we turn up our noses, lock our SUV doors and turn on the air conditioning in our motor vehicles as we approach the traffic lights or some other place where children who live and work on the streets frequent...
We understand Audley Shaw's frustration with Jamaica's failure, up to now, to decide upon and put in place arrangements for a cheaper fuel than oil for the generation of electricity.It was a mistake, Mr Shaw insists, for the administration in which ...
Do you agree with Education Minister, Ronald Thwaites that corporal punishment is an unacceptable disciplinary measure?I bet if you ran a survey, you would realise that the persons who object to corporal punishment are those born outside...
We endorse the Government's acceptance of Earl Witter's recommendation for a commission of enquiry into the Tivoli Gardens affair, but agree with the provisos of Messrs Bruce Golding and Edward Seaga.For we are clear about the kind of enquirers we do...
Seems to me, no matter how much the Jamaican public kicks and screams about any travesty, it's to no avail. Why in the name of God do our politicians continue to be bullies to the same people they pretend to be 'for'?...
I am simply amazed at how behaviour on our roads has deteriorated.The evidence was all before my eyes last weekend when I took a road trip to Montego Bay. Speeding and indiscriminate overtaking were the most common violations...
Beneath an overcast sky and amid the looming threat of rain, the prime minister, radiant in yellow, officially opened the Jamaica International Invitational meet at the National Stadium last Saturday evening.Following a brief address, heavy on...
Richard Byles, the president of Sagicor Jamaica, has no need to convince anyone of his independence and willingness to call things as he sees them.Yet, we are heartened that he did just that last week, in the context of the assignment he has taken on as...
This is the second in a series of articles contributed by Jamaicans for Justice specially timed for May, Child Month.For a while, Jodiseemed absolutely determined to leave.
