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As an avid supporter of live music, every pan that knocks, I am there. There is just something about spirited musicians and powerhouse, melodic back-up singers, and lead singers and their feeling and genuineness and vulnerability and spontaneity and ability to hold a crowd that can't ever be packaged and sold on a CD.

Money laundering is, foremost, a crime. It is no longer mainly about illicit gains from narco-trafficking.

There was an interesting article in The Gleaner of Wednesday, January 28 titled 'Cameron loses bid'.

I have the most respect for Father Richard Ho Lung. His work, as a religious leader, with the poor in this country, is probably unparalleled.

Last year, a newspaper article reported that there were 53 suicides in Jamaica in 2012 and 52 in 2013.

A hearts-and-minds campaign is usually discussed in the context of ending a war. In fact, the term was popularised during the Vietnam War when the Americans tried various strategies to win over the locals to their side.

In the Miss Universe contest between Kaci and all those Rapunzel lookalikes, our girl didn't stand a chance.