Commentary

I DON'T like to take on my colleague columnists, especially when they are providing information that will enhance the education of black people about themselves, but Martin Henry's column two Sundays ago was a trifle disturbing.In his discussion of the...

We like the intent of Monday's merger, under external leadership, of two police units that investigate organised crime and corruption, but as Peter Bunting, the national security minister, essentially implied - and this newspaper agrees - the move does not go far enough.

Kindly allow me to respond to two recent Gleaner articles on the theme 'the purpose of human life'.

We empathise with our Tony Becca who, in his column on Sunday, lamented the continuing diminution of Test cricket and that little effort is being made to revive this longer format of the game, whose retreat has paralleled the advance of the shorter versions of the sport.

Music is God's greatest gift to me.

Canada's largest circulation national newspaper is The Globe and Mail.

While the nation celebrates Emancipation and Independence, it is very sad that our morals and values are slipping away.

On Sunday, I previously discussed the socio-structural underpinnings of homo-phobia/miseó. Now I would like to turn to a less explicitly contentious, yet equally pernicious tool utilised in crafting a framework that oppresses non-heteronormative persons: 'tolerance'.

As we prepare to celebrate another year of Independence, I have been reflecting on our achievements over the past 52 years and wondering what the hell went wrong....

Knowing Jamaican bureaucrats and given the ministerial leadership of the island's water sector, we wouldn't be surprised if the sense of crisis, from months of drought, has already dissipated.

A century ago, Marcus Garvey launched the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities (Imperial) League on Emancipation Day.

I never strongly felt the need to educate myself on the struggle that culminated in Emancipation.