This newspaper makes no comment about the merits of the allegations against the mining and energy minister, James Robertson, of which Prime Minister Golding conceded that he is disturbed.Ian Johnson, a former Jamaica Labour Party activist in Mr...
WE TAKE Karl Samuda at his word that he would win if he ran for a seventh term as general secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), nominations for which open today.We accept, too, his declaration that he is stepping aside on his own volition, rather...
There's an old Irish joke which asks how many people stay sober at a wake. The answer is one, the corpse. That kind of sardonic humour is, no doubt, serving the Irish well these days.
When I tried in vain to have a few words in the archaic, illogical and technically illegal release and discharge government document changed, an empowered female employee of the Office of the Public Defender instructed, "Dr Rattray, get over yourself...
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story 'Labourites line up - Battered Bruce takes centre stage; Chang's supporters to stay away....
They are hailed and venerated and called honourable before their faces. But that is just Jamaican 'anancyism' - the fine art of the cynic. The truth is that more than any other class of persons, surveys consistently show that Jamaicans hold politicians in low esteem.
"Ongle yam cheap a market today, Mr Morrison," concluded Marlene, my housekeeper, as we left Coronation Market two Saturdays ago. We had just struggled to find my regular vendors who were shifted from their usual spots to make way for the refurbishing work under way at the market.
Maxi Priest and Shabba, yes. But Professor Chevannes and Shabba Ranks? I can just hear the kissing teeth. Shabba Ranks, the first dancehall DJ to 'bust big' on the international stage, is no academic. And top-ranking academic Prof Chevannes was no DJ. Nevertheless, both men share a common passion, the roots of which run deep.
It has become fashionable for certain commentators in the media, inclusive of one or two influential attorneys, to publicly convey forthright but yet intrinsically flawed and uninformed positions about the investigation reports of the Office of the Contractor General (OCG).
I have had the opportunity of examining many financial statements, particularly in the first six years after returning to Jamaica in 1974, having been first, a commercial credit officer at Jamaica Citizens Bank (JCB), and then a director/financial controller at the Industrial Commercial Development Group (ICD).
Two controversial police killings in as many weeks have stoked renewed distrust in the police just when members of the force were reporting significant improvement in community relations.
The Editor, Sir:THE MATTER of statutory deductions and their remittances on behalf of employees has long been a snag in the lives of retired people, and I would be grateful if you could try to get some answers from the National Housing Trust (NHT) and...
Earlier this week, I was pleased to have attended the public lecture put on by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) titled 'Building Climate Resilient Economies and Societies: the Way Forward'...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has not publicly said why he invited him or what he expects from the two-day visit to Jamaica by Colombia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos.But President Santos' presence in Jamaica offers an opportunity for the symbolic...
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story 'Stolen - Passport agency grapples with identity theft'.A crime easily preventableThey can solve this very easily by using numbers that...
Les Green's revelation that the Jamaican authorities have, over the past four years, been forced to give back nearly 90 per cent of the cash they seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act is not only startling, but in need of further and deeper...
When I was a student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in the late 1960s, I found that one could divide my fellow Trinidadians into three groups.
Jamaica's indigenous culture remains the saving grace for a country battered by crime, economic woes, indiscipline, natural disasters, and political wranglings.We have been repeatedly savaged by acts of violence and a coarseness...
Recently, the police claimed that David 'Mavado' Brooks, renowned reggae artiste, was named as a person of interest along with Adidja 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer.
An urgent sense of responsibility impels me to make a forward step from the position I have taken that the Constituency Development Fund should not be scrapped.
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
I LIKE the tone of your editorial 'Awaiting a vote of confidence' (November 15), bemoaning (not for the first time) the "decay of what used to be the prime commercial and administrative centre of the city", and lauding Digicel...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
LADIES AND gentlemen of the world community, my name is Jamaica and I would like to manage your hard-earned money. Heretofore, you have known me simply as that aesthetically endowed Caribbean nation replete with white-sand beaches...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
We agree with Ronald Thwaites, the member of parliament for Central Kingston, that those MPs with allegiance to foreign powers - and, therefore, ineligible for membership of the legislature - should fess up and go....
