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EDITORIAL - Draw a red line under old cases

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2015 | 12:00 AM

We note with approval the Government's recent proposals for reducing the backlog of cases in Jamaica's courts, but warn that any gains they deliver will only be temporary without supporting initiatives, some of which, happily, are already on the table.

Bisexuality as greed

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Late last year, I watched on an Oprah show an Asian-American comedian saying bisexuality was greed.

The banks vs consumers in Jamaica

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Once more, there are numerous complaints, in almost every bank, concerning the quality of service: Customers will queue in lines and wait for service ...

ECJ's reverification exercise

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The ECJ has, for some time, acknowledged the need to remove ineligible persons from the voters' list and, while the process is ongoing - through collaboration with the RGD and other sources - we have recognised the need to have a comprehensive review.

Court erred in Senate decision

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Why are so many lawyers expressing so many divergent opinions on the effect of one Supreme Court Judgment?

human rights activist attends appeals hearing

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | 11:20 AM

UWI blind to sexist violence

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 1:33 PM


I read with dismay the official response of the administration of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to claims about gender-based violence at the Mona campus, published as your letter of the day on Saturday, February 7, 2015.

I am not sur...

Fall on your sword, Arthur Williams

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Arthur Williams considers having been vindicated by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the matter concerning the use by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness of pre-signed resignation letters to engineer his removal from the Senate.

Williams, Tufton and lessons for Jamaica

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

On November 15, 2013, when Senator Arthur Williams issued a press release stating that in January 2012, "all Opposition senators were required to sign undated letters of resignation and a letter authorising the opposition leader to date and s...

Navigating the JLP’s dilemma

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM


It seems apparent from his prostrating apology at church last Sunday that Andrew Holness has foreclosed on his right of appeal against the Constitutional Court's ruling in the Arthur Williams Senate issue.

That, to us, is surprising. For,...

EDITORIAL - Navigating the JLP's dilemma

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | 12:00 AM

It seems apparent from his prostrating apology at church last Sunday that Andrew Holness has foreclosed on his right of appeal against the Constitutional Court's ruling in the Arthur Williams Senate issue.

Fall on your sword, Arthur Williams

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Arthur Williams considers having been vindicated by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the matter concerning the use by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness of pre-signed resignation letters to engineer his removal from the Senate.

Williams, Tufton and lessons for Jamaica

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | 12:00 AM

On November 15, 2013, when Senator Arthur Williams issued a press release stating that in January 2012, "all Opposition senators were required to sign undated letters of resignation and a letter authorising the opposition leader to date and submit the...

UWI blind to sexist violence

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | 12:00 AM

I read with dismay the official response of the administration of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to claims about gender-based violence at the Mona campus, published as your letter of the day on Saturday, February 7, 2015.

Opportunism in the Senate

Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 12:00 AM

It would be unfortunate if the legal issues currently consuming the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) were to deprive the Senate and the legislative process, more broadly, of the services of Nigel Clarke. In the year he has served in the Upper House...

A message behind the music?

Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMDexter Wharton

Dexter Wharton

On the heels of the recent Grammy Awards, a bias of mine surfaced from its subconscious dwelling. As persons of various sexual persuasions received accolades for achievement in music, I pondered even more on a conversation my wife and I had about attending an upcoming gospel concert.

Victimisation of the victims

Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 5:31 PM


As it resumed yesterday, and I watched, I must declare that I have little faith in this commission of enquiry. Little faith that it will amount to anything but a grossly expensive fact-finding mission. I propose that the same outcome could have be...

Victimisation of the victims

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

As it resumed yesterday, and I watched, I must declare that I have little faith in this commission of enquiry. Little faith that it will amount to anything but a grossly expensive fact-finding mission.

A message behind the music?

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

On the heels of the recent Grammy Awards, a bias of mine surfaced from its subconscious dwelling. As persons of various sexual persuasions received accolades for achievement in music, I pondered even more on a conversation my wife and I had about attending an upcoming gospel concert.

EDITORIAL - Opportunism in the Senate

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

It would be unfortunate if the legal issues currently consuming the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) were to deprive the Senate and the legislative process, more broadly, of the services of Nigel Clarke.

Lip-syncing divas

Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Mariah Carey's accomplishments in the music industry are difficult to even approach. She is a bona fide superstar. I am a huge fan of hers and looked forward to her performance at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival.

Looking at Jamaica: the negatives and the positives

Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 1:49 PM


Looking at Jamaica: the negatives and the positives

Steve Lyston
Contributor

Many people have been turned off or have become bitter about the direction in which our country is going.  We see the various comments being made in the so...

What Bruce Golding must tell us

Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Much is expected of witness Bruce Golding as he comes to give his testimony this week before the commission of enquiry. It was he who gave the security forces the order to enter Tivoli Gardens. On this seemingly straightforward act, so much is hanging.

Improper property taxes again?!

Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 12:00 AM

I am appalled at the mere thought that property taxes may be increased again. Not so long ago, property taxes were hiked in leaps and bounds, by percentages in the hundreds, in many cases. 

Michael Abrahams: Lip-syncing divas

Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 12:00 AM


 


"When Mariah Carey hit the stage and opened her mouth to deliver, something very strange happened. The flawless singing that we heard blasting from the sound system was totally out of sync with the movements of the singer's...

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