It's the time of the year when people make wish lists and tend to be more reflective. Between the drinking, partying, socialising and fraternising, some get a little time to think about life...
In a recent address to the Cornwall Bar Association, Justice Patrick Robinson blamed a colonial mentality for the failure of Jamaicans to abolish appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and embrace the Caribbean Court of Justice...
Either it is that Mayor Desmond McKenzie has a problem with short-term memory, or the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables represent one grand global hoax. Or, perhaps it is that Mr Isiah Parnell, the chargé d'affaires of the United States mission...
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers at www.jamaica-gleanerjm.com to Wednesday's lead story 'WikiLeaks embroils Nelson, Lewin in new war of words'.Facts or conjecture?Truth is found by comparison...
Ian Boyne is now not alone.In his campaign against Christmas, he has just been joined by dub poet and television talk-show host Mutabaruka, who I heard last week describe as "a big lie to fool up black people"...
We wish the Golding administration would make up its mind on something, including what institution it wants to be Jamaica's court of last resort.When Prime Minister Bruce Golding's party was the Opposition and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was...
'Twas the night before Christmas and the hosts of Heaven were on their toes as they waited in anticipation of what would be the world's most significant event since the act of creation.There was subdued excitement along the great...
On the day that downtown Kingston marked 'Christmas in the City' with the shopping spree, my friend Marcel related that he parked his car with the aid of a young man.
Last week's formal announcement by the premier of the Cayman Islands, Mr McKeeva Bush, that his country would ease its visa restrictions on Jamaicans is a move in the right direction that Kingston should encourage by reciprocating with even more than...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
I SUSPECT that Santa Claus is very busy right now in preparation for his long journey starting on Christmas Eve, but I wanted to be assured that he had read my email.
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE JAMAICA Labour Party's (JLP) Shahine Robinson was, in Monday's by-election, returned as the parliamentary representative for the constituency of North East St Ann, although Mr Devon Evans of the little-known Marcus Garvey People's Progressive Party...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
"'TWAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."Well, that's not entirely accurate. It's actually three nights before Christmas and all kinds of creatures...
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
There may be symbolic value to the Golding administration's barring of state-funding for Christmas parties by government ministries and their agencies.
Published:Wednesday | December 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by readers online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com reacting to yesterday's lead story, 'Stand-off - cops INDECOM at odds over probes'.Get rid of thecriminals in uniform...
There are other things at which Jamaica's finance ministry may be good. Presumably! But when it comes to crafting and implementing taxation policy, it is horrible.
It's time for the second annual Domino Awards. This year, mainly due to The Gleaner's graven-image-style worship of word count, we're doing it in two separate sections. First, we'll hand out the international awards.
THERE IS nothing particularly brave or far-reaching about the recommendations of the parliamentary committee that has just completed, after nearly two years, its review of the Small committee's report on the reform of Jamaica's libel laws....
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by readers online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com reacting to yesterday's Page 3 story 'No Cuba-Jamaica rift, says Lewin'. Poor gov't handing - Mr Hardley Lewin is a man of very high morals...
What if you had burning questions or doubts about some aspects of Christianity, would that make you less of a Christian? Can you believe only some of the writings in the New Testament and still be a Christian? What if you only practise some of what...
Last month, when British university students protested against increased tuition fees, and some of the demonstrations turned violent, the commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, Sir Paul Stephenson, declared ominously that "the game has changed".
The People's National Party's (PNP) attempt to extract a toothsome victory from the jaws of election defeat is as unusual as it is unworthy. Many a politician has had his/her seat made vacant because a recount of the valid votes identified a different winner. However, for a party's nominee to claim a seat after being overwhelmingly rejected by the electors is something else
I operated a sound system (disco) when I was in my late teens-very early 20s. I was attending UWI (University of the West Indies) at the time and was into music in a big way. The disco started small, playing at one of my sister's weddings. It had only one turntable initially, and it took great skill to change 45s as quickly as possible without causing the dancing to stop.
