The new smoking regulations have generated much discussion about the uncertainty of where smoking is allowed, whether the regulations are draconian, and also whether there was sufficient consultation with stakeholders prior to their promulgation....
You could almost forget that today is the public session of not just a People's National Party (PNP) annual conference - usually a big media event - but a special 75th-anniversary conference...
This must be a trying weekend for the governing People's National Party (PNP). Casting a long shadow over the climax of its 75th anniversary celebrations, with the annual national conference today, are the two damning reports from the Office...
"Shoot first and then ask later." This was what former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Minister and Prime Minister Hugh Lawson Shearer was reputed to have said as he sought to face what was purported to be a threat posed by criminal elements. ...
The state of the power sector in Jamaica is precarious. Electricity generation is overly dependent on imported petroleum, particularly expensive diesel oil.
In 1996, I was invited to visit the People's Republic of China. It was a one-week-get-acquainted visit to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The visit was a marvellous opportunity to see the actual extent of the development taking place in China.
The Syrian crisis proves that being the world's sole superpower and having the mightiest military, naval power and economy in the world does not mean you can do whatever you want. President Barack Obama is the most powerful man in the world, but he is sure not feeling that way today.
Ni hao mah! There is an awful story about a young girl who is unable to meet the economic dictates of her king, until she meets a little ugly man who teaches her to turn straw into gold. Thinking that she had woven an unbeatable deal, she agreed that her precious, yet unconceived firstborn would be handed over to this benefactor, in some unforeseeable future.
Transport Minister Dr Omar Davies and Prime Minister Portia Simpson have effectively painted a damning portrait of environmentalists as idle, rich people with lots of time on their hands and who are committed to preserving their status quo - in the process keeping poor Jamaicans rooted at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives received at least three major reports from the executive of Government. This, hopefully, is setting a proper trend for the future.
In recent weeks, I have been very strident and vocal on the matter of respecting democracy - in this case, the impending challenge for leadership in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
Watching Obama's Syria speech Tuesday night, right after viewing Charlie Rose's interview with Assad (which revealed his gentler, caring side), brought to mind the verse "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." (Matthew 5:9).
There are three issues that I will be commenting on in this article. First, the response to Anne Shirley's article in Sports Illustrated about her concerns with the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission's testing of our athletes; second, the state of the teaching profession in Jamaica; and third, the homosexual lobby.
Anyone who says that the 'development' of the Portland Bight is a 'no-brainer' is likely to be the person who has no brain. Understanding is the key to all of this.
"Each time one of us thinks, 'I'll just stand aside and things will happen without me and I'll wait', then he is helping this disgusting feudal system that sits like a spider in the Kremlin," said Alexei Navalny, often billed as Russia's top opposition leader, as he sat in a courtroom in Kirov in July awaiting conviction on embezzlement charges.
THE very interesting story by Adrian Frater in The Sunday Gleaner (August 25, 2013) regarding the horrible Vaughansfield fire on Wednesday, August 25, 1943 also evoked memories of its political consequences in that area of St James during the early period of our modern political history.
As an environmentally conscious coastal engineer with many years of experience in doing studies for developments along the coastline, I feel compelled to weigh in on the conversation on the Goat Islands development.
