Commentary

Having just returned from a visit to New York City where, as a disabled wheelchair user, I was able to experience the advantages of a community well provided to serve the needs of the physically challenged, I am particularly encouraged by the news of the recent passage of a progressive Disabilities Act.

Okay, Jamaicans, let a non-Jamaican visitor to your island make some heartfelt comments. I have been deeply involved with Jamaica ever since my bride and I honeymooned here 46 years ago.

Tragedy rocked West End, Negril, on the evening of July 30. About 8:30 p.m. on the quiet West End road at a small business called the Out of Town Bakery, which is known for its beef, chicken and veggie patties, along with the best possible ackee loaves and fish loaves, disaster struck.

We admit to being more than a little bit confused over what we presume to be an interim board of the human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and on what authority it will act and for how long. What is known is that...

One hundred and eighty years ago today, 309,331 Jamaicans who had been the legal property of others ceased to be slaves...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with persons - whether skilled or unskilled - leaving Jamaica in search of better economic opportunities.

Last week, at the funeral for Leleka Champagnie, nursing icon and foundation member of the Boulevard Baptist Church, her nephew Bradley Edwards said National Hero Marcus Garvey stated in the 1920s that Jamaica needs to cut its energy costs in order for...

The National Environment and Planning Agency's (NEPA) takes this opportunity to respond to a letter written by Authnel S. Reid, published on July 24, 2014. It is a fact that NEPA is responsible for the administering of annual game bird-hunting season ...

"The question of the purpose of human life has been raised countless times; it has never yet received a satisfactory answer and perhaps does not admit of one.” — Sigmund FreudIn the film The Invention...

It's not the kind of thing that generally energises the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) or excites engagement from the teachers' union...

The Emancipation-Independence holidays are here again. It has been 180 years since the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and 52 years since we signed a piece of paper declaring our birth as an independent nation with responsibility for our own bills ...

Your editorial, 'Adding bite to the tax growl' (Sunday Gleaner, July 27, 2014), reminded me of my question in the Senate some years ago: "How many persons have been locked up for tax evasion in Jamaica?" The answer came back: None.