Commentary

Five months ago when the works minister, Omar Davies, suggested that Jamaica would be inclined to offer economic citizenship, this newspaper urged the administration to go full speed ahead.

We are happy to note that Roger Clarke is on the mend and apparently on the way to a full recovery, even if we do not share his ambition for a return to the political leadership of the agriculture ministry.

The attorney general, Patrick Atkinson, must move with dispatch to determine, as the justice minister, Mark Golding, suggests, whether the police can proceed by issuing summonses to, rather than arresting, persons who are to be prosecuted for possession...

I like Facebook. I joined a few years ago, reluctantly, but engaged rather quickly when I realised how many long lost friends I was able to find. People from prep school, high school and university, in addition to family that I had lost touch with...

What makes a nation or an organisation strong, is the combination of faith in God, a strong vision, land, assets and the equity within those assets...

Mario Deane, a 31-year-old construction worker, is dead. He did not die of natural or accidental causes. He died while a 'guest' of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Barnett Street Police Station. Mr Deane joins the long and growing list of those Jamaicans who, for whatever offence that led to their being in custody, are the victims of a police execution mentality.

Perhaps the most shocking thing to emerge from the mess at Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) was the newspaper report that its membership was roughly three and a half dozen people, and that even so, there was a problem of non-involvement by some.

In mid-May, this newspaper raised concerns about the mosquito-bearing chikungunya virus, calling for a concerted effort from policymakers, health-care officials and the wider community to be vigilant in storage and use of domestic water and to monitor drains, gully areas and standing bodies of water, which are breeding grounds for the vector.

We are pleased that Dennis Daly and his close collaborator, Flo O'Connor, are on this year's National Honours list and gratified that our strong advocacy may have contributed to their selection...

In a matter of days, this year's CSEC results will be released. If the past is any indication, the results will stir some lukewarm discussion and analysis of the results, but then there will be stories about the students who performed exceptionally...

THE EDITOR, Sir:The celebration of the opening of the Mt Rosser bypass should not ignore the significant role played by Mike Henry in redeeming a project that had become an engineering calamity and financial...

One of the lasting memories I have of the late Sir Howard Cooke, Jamaica's third native governor general (1991-2006), was at an Emancipation event in the 1990s.