Commentary

Whatever became of that task force on electricity theft that was supposed to have been headed by Julian Robinson, established by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller half a year ago when the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the light and power company, threatened to shut off service to the communities where the thieving was worst?

Contrary to what some persons may think, there are many Jamaicans who believe people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) must be respected. This is true even for persons who are in opposition to repealing or amending the 'buggery law'.

I spent a couple of days in Negril last week and stayed on the seven-mile stretch of beach, as well as the West End. I quite enjoyed the West End.

In speaking out of both sides of his mouth, Kavan Gayle failed to settle on a principle that underpins his decision to resign from the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) in the face of the public controversy over that agency's decision to purchase the Outameni property in Trelawny.

Today the international community will once again commemorate International Men's Day (IMD). According to Jerome Teelucksingh, who conceptualised the day in 1999, the objectives of International Men's Day include highlighting discrimination against men and boys, and celebrating their achievements and contributions, in particular their contributions to community, family, marriage, and childcare.

Technology is dramatically altering education of students of all ages. When you watch a five-year-old manipulate the apps on an iPad, you see the identical skills at a higher level of thinking being applied by students who are ready to graduate from high school.

In the midst of the noisy controversy over the National Housing Trust's (NHT) purchase of the Trelawny property on which Outameni Experience is sited, there was a tangentially related development in Parliament last week that, while not entirely unnoticed, is yet to receive the attention it deserves.

Through reporting in your newspaper, and elsewhere in the media, the public has become aware that right across government, many departments and agencies are in varying degrees of arrears in the submission of audited financial statements. T