Having now been officially saddled with the additional portfolio of agriculture, Derrick Kellier, who also shoulders the labour and social security ministry, must resist the temptation to fill the boots of his predecessor, the late Roger Clarke.
Portia Simpson Miller has been a long-standing, ardent standard-bearer for the People's National Party (PNP). In 1992, on the departure from leadership by Michael Manley, she challenged for the leadership. She lost to P.J. Patterson.
The idea of strong schools assisting the weak ones in practical ways suggests that some creative minds are working for solutions over at the Ministry of Education.
Wednesday's assault on a French magazine, which left 12 people dead and 11 injured, has stunned the world and prompted spontaneous global demonstrations of people defending freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
What is 'normal'? For many people, 'normal' is what they have grown accustomed to. And so, for some, political violence is normal, while for others, social peace is normal.
Our heritage is dying a slow and painful death. Apart from our national holidays when we gyrate and celebrate, not much of the legacy that was left by our ancestors is being carried on by this generation.
The 2014 sportsman and sportswoman of the year will be chosen in a matter of days. As it stands now, boxer Nicholas Walters looks to be a shoo-in for the male award.
Last month, Father Sean Major-Campbell stated in his published speech at Christ Church Anglican Church, "And while men are also victims of abuse in marriage, since we are on the subject of rape....
I am sick and tired of stories of crime and violence, and stories of doom and gloom every day, every night, every hour, and every minute on television and radio and the front pages of the newspapers!
