All hell broke loose in West Kingston recently. Guns - in the hands of gangland youths frenzied by the smell of blood, driven by hate for others of their ilk and in the same predicament meted out to them by life's misfortunes...
It will be easy for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to be dragged along by the euphoria of the occasion when she today addresses the 75th annual conference of the People's National Party (PNP), drenched in the adulation of many thousands of her...
Why is Horace Chang threatening to move up the date of the Labour Party conference and spoil the coming two months of fun and games? Horace! How could you do this to me? I thought we were friends.If this is to be a campaign on plans...
I recently got a provocative email from one of my friends who lives in Jamaica:Heterosexuals Will No Longer Be SilencedFight For The Freedom Of Speech Right of All HeterosexualsStraight And ProudDon't Allow Heterophobics To Systematically Remove Your...
Renewal is a natural part of the process of growth. Nature and the persons who seek self-actualisation see it as a necessity. So do political parties...
Published:Saturday | September 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Azan resigns over Spaldings Market scandalI hope that his resignation will not affect the fact that he committed a crime and should be prosecuted.- Ambitious DavideNo regrets - Azan fires back at...
Published:Saturday | September 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM
When will any government show the political will to curb the moral decay which is plunging our country into moral bankruptcy?When I attended high school in the 1990s, I was exposed to tinted buses with speaker boxes pumping loud music which, in my view...
Published:Saturday | September 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM
When I was growing up, 'gay' did not mean the same thing that it does today. Even the Flintstones could have a "gay old time" and the community did not turn them into Rubble, whose child, Bam-Bam, which is the Trini term for posterior...
Published:Saturday | September 21, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Frustration and, perhaps, anger came to a boil on Thursday afternoon when placard-bearing protesters, mainly lecturers, decked in black, demonstrated at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech)...
Politicians don't always mean what they say. I seem to remember Michael Manley saying that when he swore allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen, he didn't really mean it...
Fortuitously, a company other than the Hong Kong-based Energy World International (EWI) has been named by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) as the preferred bidder for a 360-megawatt, gas-fired power plant.Our hope now is that Azurest Cambridge...
Gov't pressed to take action on OCG reportNEPA warns against killing and eating crocodilesGay documentary featuring Jamaica debuts in USThe legitimacy of Prime Minister Simpson Miller and her Government is being looked at in a serious way.
Published:Thursday | September 19, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Apart from taking half a year to complete an investigation that should have been done in a week, and that he used a tome to say what could have been concluded in a few pages, Dirk Harrison's probe offered no new insights into the Spaldings Market...
Published:Thursday | September 19, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Would you believe there are many Jamaicans who can hardly buy a cheese patty with what they earn hourly? An inexpensive dinner for many of us is $1,000 - someone's salary for the day.
Published:Wednesday | September 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
And so it begins. An eight-week race to be crowned king of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Fifty-four days to court delegates. More than 1,300 hours to wine and dine them. An opportunity for Andrew Holness and Audley Shaw to convince them with words.
Published:Wednesday | September 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
School lockouts spark debate'Shoot first,' Sav mayor tells copsWrong move, Mr Mayor! Think outside the box! You and the divisional commander need to come up [with] solutions that may help to curb crime.- Silvan EdwardsSecond JUTC bus catches fire in...
Published:Wednesday | September 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Bertel Moore, chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council and mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, is often, sometimes by this newspaper, characterised as outspoken...
Below is commentary by the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET).In view of the many allegations being made on the above issue, the JET would again like to state the organisation's position on this...
Life is just for learning. Every fellow traveller on this mortal toil is a potential learning source. The most important and complex lesson we're here to learn is who we really are. That lesson isn't available in any academic institution or tool...
Residents walk out on WitterCan you afford that new car?Breastfeeding Week to raise awarenessBetween him (Witter) and the Contractor General, I don't know who is less effective.
