Commentary

The Vauxhall High School community must be extremely proud of their former head boy, Timar Fitz-Jackson, who was recently announced as the 2014 Rhodes Scholar. His achievement should serve to inspire all non-traditional high schools which have been struggling to shake the stigma attached to these institutions.

The recent confrontation between Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Mr Vashan Brown, a Television Jamaica reporter, is very unfortunate and ought not to have occurred for a number of reasons.

I have taken note of two recent letters in your publication from Heather Campbell and Winston Barrett concerning the thoughtless and inconsiderate behaviour of some joggers in their St Andrew neighbourhood, and would like to use this medium to address two corporate entities to whom the same behaviour could be ascribed .

According to the director of public prosecutions (DPP), Richard Azan did nothing illegal when he arranged for a contractor to illegally construct shops at the Spaldings Market, and when he arranged for a member of his staff to collect the payment ...

In an economy long starved of good news, recent developments are not only welcome, but, hopefully, will encourage our Government to continue along the course upon which it has embarked.This week, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), echoing the...

As young people, we are disproportionately affected by poverty, crime and violence and the quality of education as well as the limited opportunities available for entrepreneurship, skills building and employment.

Senators in Jamaica do not get paid.They earn a stipend of $17,000 for each sitting of the Senate or committee meeting which they attend...

We are privileged that someone of such importance as Barbados' minister of industry and international business, Donville Inniss, who, in current circumstances, we would expect to be extremely busy, would take the time to note, much more respond....

We welcome the posture, though not particularly sympathetic to the pleadings of André Hylton, the member of parliament for St Andrew Eastern, of which Papine is a part.

Last week, The Old Ball and Chain lied on me and made me appear to be an incorrigibly grumpy old man.Before I start, don't bother sending me any more pompous, straight-laced cards, letters and emails calling me sexist...

'He who pays the piper should not call the tune.'Respect is due to Jamaica's current parliamentarians for their approval (House of Representatives, September 24; Senate, November 1) of the report and recommendations from the Electoral Commission ...

In 2011, they swept to power and the people of the nation were crying out for change, particularly the Church. They wanted to move away from the arrogant type of leadership and wanted God to raise up a leader who would listen to the voice of the poor...