The lead story in last week's Sunday Gleaner (September 7, 2014) dealt with domestic violence in the Church, stating that the phenomenon is under-reported and that perpetrators are found even among the clergy.
This newspaper notes with optimism Jamaica's eight-place gain on this year's Global Competitiveness Index, but warns against overstating the achievement and a premature turning of cartwheels, which appears to be the wont of Investment Minister Anthony Hylton.
If the Scots vote 'yes' to independence on September 18, as one opinion poll now suggests they will, three things are likely to happen in the following week.
"I saw it in one of the two Gleaners." That's what a friend of mine said a couple of weeks ago when I asked her where she'd heard about a news item we were discussing.
Say what you want about Bruce (and I do!), when proverbial push came to shove in West Kingston, he sent in the troops and reclaimed the breakaway province of Tivolistan for Jamaica.
Last week, Phillip Paulwell, the leader of government business in the House, who has responsibility for electoral matters, tabled a bill to amend the Representation of the People Act to, among other things, cause the registration of political parties.
