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Published:Saturday | March 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Isn't it strange how Jamaica is now being lambasted by the great United States of America and its apologists within our shores for what is perceived to be a lack of will and/or ability on the part of successive administrations to tackle the lotto scam scourge?

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

At the end of July 2010, the night before I boarded an aircraft to travel to the United Kingdom, I saw TV footage of a man lying on the ground and being shot by the police, the report said.

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

It's been a long time since I heard that refrain. The so-called C-word is still around and is used in Belize, places like Barbados ('De Coolie Man') and in some other Caribbean islands, without any sense of guilt or political incorrectness. This is how it was, this is how it is, and this is how it will be.

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The joint United States-South Korean military exercises known as 'Key Resolve' and 'Foal Eagle' have got under way, and so far the heavens have not fallen.

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The fire that raged at The Wyndham Kingston hotel early Thursday morning may have some businesses worried about their own ability to respond to an emergency of such magnitude.

Published:Friday | March 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

It is a measure of the importance of the job that the world was so absorbed with how the Roman Catholic Church went about the choice, and who it eventually selected, as its new head.Except, that with about 1.2 billion adherents, the Catholic Church...

Published:Friday | March 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Parliament has a constitutional mandate, under Section 49, to make "laws for the peace, order and good government of Jamaica". All laws must be "subject to the provisions of the Constitution". The Constitution - and not our Parliament - is supreme....

Published:Friday | March 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I was convinced before, but the stellar Barcelona performance against AC Milan earlier this week has reinforced the idea in my mind...

Published:Friday | March 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

So Catholics now have a new spiritual leader. It is not going to be business as usual. By all accounts, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is a remarkable man, and I believe exciting times are ahead!

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

OMAR DAVIES is, indeed, exceedingly arrogant. No one, however, could seriously accuse him of being a fool. He appreciates nuanced argument - and at times employs it. Which is a claim we, unfortunately, can't make in favour of some of his critics...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

IN JAMAICA, the movement of children from school to school has been happening for decades. The reasons are various: families may relocate; religious preferences; academic programmes which one school offers...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

FOR SOME strange reason we have concluded that retaining the buggery law can prevent people from being born homosexual. On top of that, we want nothing to do with homosexuality but talk about it, usually expressing disparage...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

RECENTLY, THE Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) climaxed its General Assembly at the National Arena in front of thousands...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We expect the civil-liberty extremists to howl against the so-called lottery scam legislation that was passed last week by Jamaica's Parliament.They will, in particular, resent Section 14 of the bill which allows, at the trial of persons accused ...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Dr Omar Davies served as finance minister for 13 years and eight months, the longest stint of the 10 men who've led arguably the country's most crucial ministry between 1959 and 2012.Used as he is to dealing with big budgets involving massive amounts ...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

As a former employee of the National Housing Trust (NHT), where I held the position of director of mortgage operations, I wish to make the following points to clarify some misconceptions being discussed in the public sphere...

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

"Cutting the Cabinet, that's optics, borders on being frivolous."So it was that, with a dismissive wave of an imperious hand, the concerns of thousands of ordinary Jamaicans asked to sacrifice for the nation were rejected as childish.

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The popular radio talk shows and the print media continue to reflect with increasing regularity either a lack of public understanding of anti-money laundering (AML) banking regulations, or a dissatisfaction with how AML...

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says that its planned constitutional challenge of the Government's plan to withdraw almost J$46 billion from the National Housing Trust (NHT) is aimed at protecting citizens' right to the enjoyment of property....

Published:Monday | March 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

How can change come within any area of any nation when the thinking of its people remains the same over time, even as administrations change? For significant and positive change to take place, bold visionaries must come forth...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Last week's death of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, happened as the Jamaican Government was advertising its appointment of Dr Wesley Hughes, the former financial secretary, as manager of its PetroCaribe Development Fund...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I remember a fictional, humorous anecdote about a seasoned and very senior British politician. He was hand-picked by the prime minister to head the Ministry of Agriculture because the industry was flagging. He was told to go on a familiarisation tour...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Say what you will about Hugo Chávez, nobody was indifferent to the man and rare are those who will declare he did not make his mark...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

People do stupid things all the time. It's human nature, really. The important thing is to admit when you've done something silly and do whatever's necessary to make things right...

Published:Sunday | March 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

A court of law held Sergeant Lloyd Kelly to have been innocent of murder based on the evidence that was before it. Even with more evidence, the verdict might have been the same.

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