Commentary

I write in reference to a letter headlined 'Tired of smoke and mirrors, Mr Paulwell' that appeared in The Gleaner and www.jamaica-gleaner.com publications of Wednesday, January 8, 2014.The writer, Mr Robert Forbes, seems to have some misunder-standing...

Over the years, the credit card industry has been the subject of much controversy.Many critics have blamed credit card issuers' loose restrictions for high fees and interest rates...

As an objective citizen and someone who has dog experience, as well as having done extensive research, I felt it time to make a comment about the spate of media reports on 'pit bull' attacks.Firstly, what we class as...

The scourge of Jamaica has been the indiscipline of parents who do not nurture their children, of politicians with fiscal irresponsibility, of the business community which circumvents taxes, of policemen who accept bribes, and many other sectors....

Davon Crump's inability to find workers who speak languages other than English for his Montego Bay-based call-centre operation is in line with a broader trend which sees Jamaica's labour market demanding action from policymakers.The matter is even more...

At the bottom of the business cycle, of which we missed the top, Jamaica finds itself with staggering unemployment, weak consumer demand, and a sagging economy, which conspire to engulf us...

We all have a crazy uncle who spouts off at Christmas dinner.

CHAKA-CHAKA SPELLINGA dat Isaiah Laing call imself.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has spoken on the crime situation - at long last. Addressing a function in St Andrew earlier this week, she made an impassioned plea for communities to get involved in finding solutions to crime and appeared to suggest that peace could be achieved through community efforts.

I share the concern of columnist Orville Taylor, in his piece in your Sunday edition of January 12, on the jury system, but am reluctant to go as far as classifying it as a "waste of time".

The title of Michael Manley's book, Up the Down Escalator, aptly describes the dilemma we currently encounter as we attempt to give back to our people in Jamaica.

We are encouraged that after many false starts and over-optimistic pronouncements by various government agencies, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) appears to be close to offloading several bits of property in downtown Kingston and its environs....