Commentary

Music is considered a universal language. It has the capacity to transcend cultures, create moods, change the atmosphere, penetrate the human spirit, influence the heart and mind and soften the hard-heartedness of man...

An unintentioned consequence, but something of significant national value may yet come from the union agitation that forced Errol Morrison out of the presidency of the University of Technology, Jamaica. It lies in his appointment, as was formally announced last week, as national director general of science and technology.

Alpha Boys' School is no longer in the news.

Pro-life atheist Kristine Kruszelnicki, in her essay 'A Secular Case Against Abortion', writes: "Abortion is emotionally ... but not morally complex ... [I]f the preborn are human beings, no justification for abortion is morally adequate....

Your unique approach never ceases to amaze me. Two movies in two weeks and both of them are 'A-16'?

Did he just blink? I think he did. Only one week ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said that, in the present circumstances, he regarded the presidential election scheduled by the Ukrainian government in Kiev for May 25 as "absurd".

1.Jamaica records 1.8% growth. Chart showing the marginal growth in Jamaica's real GDP since 2011.

There is a joke I once heard comedian Bill Cosby give. This was a long time ago and the details are a little sketchy, but the main point will always stay with me. In what must have been one of his stand-up routines...

It is quite daunting to think the peaceful community where I grew up is now one of the most violent places in the parish of Clarendon...

The Editor, Sir:Now that the prime minister has been forced by circumstances to assume leadership of the 381-megawatt project, on behalf of all Jamaicans suffering under high energy prices, I would like to challenge her to show her true mettle.It might...

Tuesday's formal announcement of the Government's decision to revoke the licence of Energy World International (EWI) to build and operate a gas-fired power plant, and that a public/private sector enterprise team will have another go at getting a viable...

I wish to publicly commend Contractor General Dirk Harrison for the bold and unequivocal position he has taken in resisting the attempt by embattled Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell to compromise the integrity of the Office...