Commentary

On the surface, the academic eligibility rule imposed by Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) approximately two decades ago looks good...

THE EDITOR, Sir: It's Champs time again, and as usual, a kind of silly season begins.

This is in response to your February 11, 2014 editorial comments on PetroCaribe Development Fund's (PDF) plans for relocation...

Given the recency of his return to the shadow Cabinet, Audley Shaw may not have had time to wrap his mind around the renewed discussion on legislated fiscal rules for Jamaica.Yet, it is important that Mr Shaw, the Jamaica Labour Party's spokesman on...

While in Gordon House, opposition senator and principal of Jamaica College, Ruel Reid, recently cited the inordinately high dependence (about 50 per cent of schoolchildren) on the government-sponsored Programme of Advancement Through Health ...

Now that the internal affairs of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) appear to be largely settled and he is back on the Opposition's front benches, we hope that Ed Bartlett will find time to give serious attention to his role as chairman of the House's...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been coming under increasing pressure from the parliamentary Opposition and public for her frequent and unaccounted for overseas trips.

Sometimes I think: "If these are the new politicians, give me back the old ones." We want politicians to pull their hands out of our pockets, not push past the wallet to grab the manly parts.

It became clear last week that Jamaica had met the targets for its third review under its current economic reform programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The authorities are optimistic about the fourth, which is around the corner.

I want to use this opportunity, on behalf of the residents of the Jones Town community, to publicly thank Senior Superintendent of Police Steve McGregor for his quick response in attending our emergency community meeting, held on January 31, 2014 at the Jones Town Primary School, in response to a murder, rape and child abuse allegedly perpetrated by criminals from west Kingston communities.

I have a suggestion for the minister of national security and also the minister of justice on one measure to assist in the reduction of crime. That is to reintroduce the way districts were policed years ago.

Months after the death of the directly elected mayor, George Lee, the affairs of Portmore are being conducted in a manner contrary to the Municipal Charter, which calls for the business of the Sunshine City to be conducted in an efficient and accountable manner.