The support for persons who use drugs, especially those who commit offences under the influence, is often woefully inadequate and misguided. Far too many programmes label people as 'drug abusers' and focus on enforcing abstinence...
Today, Jamaica hosts a religious memorial service at the University Chapel for Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM
We suspect that this newspaper's cajoling was instrumental in having Albert Gordon, the still relatively new executive director of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), to finally break his silence about his mission and vision...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Might there be another Nelson Mandela? South Africa must be hoping so. Few are more deserving of the tide of accolades he is getting, though it bears repeating that he did not struggle alone against apartheid. His extraordinary life...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM
The national security minister, Peter Bunting, took umbrage at an article written by Gleaner veteran Gary Spaulding and published on December 23 last year.In his critique of the country's security boss, Spaulding noted that Bunting lacked the stature or...
Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM
We note, with approval, this week's first sitting of the Court of Appeal outside of the Jamaican capital in the half-century since its establishment....
A gay-rights protester advocates for action against homophobia while Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly in September.How far has Jamaica come with human rights?Dwayne BrownGuest...
Perhaps Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, will find time in South Africa, where both have gone for Nelson Mandela's funeral, for a quiet chat on bilateral matters.In that event...
Playing with Gene Autry against Dr S Blank and Jimmy Hunchback, this was my hand: Six-five; six-four; six-blank; five-four; four-deuce; five-deuce; double four.Long-time readers remember Jimmy, the worst, yet luckiest domino player.
THE EDITOR, Sir:When world leaders gather in South Africa for the funeral of Nelson Mandela, one notable African leader will no doubt be present - Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.
Gassan Azan is right.The 24-hour opening of the Kingston and Montego Bay branches of his MegaMart stores over the Christmas shopping period is adding flexibility to the conduct of commerce in Jamaica...
The article in The Sunday Gleaner of November 1, 2013, 'Taking condoms to class', shows that children are bringing up parents, teachers and national leaders, and criminals are facilitated at the expense of their victims....
One window-and-door company used to advertise the impenetrability of their products (on television) by depicting someone relaxing as solid objects, converted into high-speed missiles, are repelled by their window during a storm/hurricane...
We note the recent passing of banker Ron Sasso, which, a generation ago, would have been a profound moment, including in the political sphere.Mr Sasso was 86 and in full retirement for a decade and a half, except for splendid efforts in woodwork,...
When Nelson Mandela did come a Jamaica inna 1991, wi gi im one new name. An it write down inna glory. Wi tek out di 'l' outa Mandela an wi put een a 'y': Mandeya.
In his eulogy to Nelson Mandela, President Barack Obama borrowed an 1865 remark from Edward M. Stanton, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war, when the American Civil War leader died from an assassin's bullet.
In a thoughtful editorial, The Gleaner (November 21, 2013) called on Police Commissioner Owen Ellington and National Security Minister Peter Bunting to consider their options.
When I was a young man, The Merrymen of Barbados, led by Emile Straker, was the hit band of the Caribbean. If you went to a house party, you started the night with The Merrymen and ended it with Los Indios Tabajaras.
I wholeheartedly thank The Gleaner for 'World Hero' - a wonderful and evidence-based rehearsal of the story of Nelson Mandela, and the ways in which his story intersected with Jamaica.
The academic success of the 2014 Rhodes Scholar, Timar Jackson, negates all the stupid, absurd, illogical arguments posited by naysayers regarding the quality of education and opportunities of students in traditional schools vs non-traditional schools.
The demise of the shrimp-producing company Trans-Global Aquaculture Limited, largely because of pilfering and praedial larceny, should finally capture the attention of our lawmakers and force them to lay out, in depth, what they plan to do to improve Jamaica's security for residents and businesses alike.
The Medical Council has taken note of the discussion in the press regarding stem cell research. Council has also noted that Dr Janice Simmonds-Fisher, in her article published on December 4, 2013 in The Gleaner, has stated that the Medical Council of Jamaica has given approval and its blessings to this form of therapy.
