National Security Minister Peter Bunting in August confirmed that a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)-style anti-crime agency was to be created in Jamaica.
There was a time, as recently as 25 years ago, when military staff colleges around the world taught a reasonably effective doctrine for dealing with terrorism.
THE EDITOR, Sir: It is with disgust that I have been observing Jamaicans, of all ages and statuses, littering the streets and filling gullies with their waste, despite all the dangers associated with such practices.
Quite predictably, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller has formally appointed Derrick Kellier as the agriculture minister and named Luther Buchanan as his deputy.
It began like most Saturday afternoons. The Beast, Gene Autry and I were seated around the domino table, twiddling our thumbs and racking our brains as to how to raise a fourth.
Regrettably, our propensity for unnecessary controversy and political one-upmanship have become disturbing features of Jamaican politics, and the current calls for the resignation of Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson...
I have had an elaborate plan, brewing for years, that I was sure would propel me to stardom comparable to that of Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson (and some local celebs I won't name for fear of acid).
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with its purpose being to increase awareness of the disease and raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.
We, too, welcome last week's significant moves by the Government to reform the country's archaic marijuana laws, but want to be assured that the administration still plans to go as far as it promised...
Recently, there was a tempest in a teacup over the actions of a high-school principal as he stridently enforced the dress code. It was reported that he saw that the girls' uniforms were regulation lengths...
