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Published:Monday | September 2, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Orville Higgins put forward some excellent proposals ('Win-win for all, Gleaner, August 30, 2013) for the Red Stripe Premier League, except the play-off format.

Published:Monday | September 2, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Accept all students!Bronze for U-21 netballersGov'ts fear capitalisation on ganjaWith school beginning officially for many students today, what are your views on auxiliary fees, charged at secondary...

Published:Monday | September 2, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Have you ever been in a season where, regardless of how good your advertising campaigns are, and how much you invest in your media campaigns - social and otherwise - and despite all the giveaways...

Published:Sunday | September 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica's strategic geographic location at the crossroads of major international shipping lanes has not been fully utilised in the development of the country.

Published:Sunday | September 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Well, well, the knives are out. Super Chairman, whose not-so-secret identity is Mild-mannered Attorney, Milton Samuda, under pressure from the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) to resign, has hit back.

Published:Sunday | September 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I suppose fundamentalist Christians in Jamaica would be horrified to discover that Tel Aviv is the most gay-friendly city in the world.

Published:Sunday | September 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Anthony Hylton, the industry and investment minister, should be careful he oversells his projects and chatter is deemed to be just so much hot air, worthy only of lifting balls.

Published:Sunday | September 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

It's thought that how a political candidate conducts a campaign is indicative of how he would manage the Government. So when Audley possibly-slightly-maybe-kinda-sorta announced that he might-potentially-perhaps-conceivably-somewhat and, to some extent, throw his hat into the ring, we maybe-kinda-sorta-might want to pay attention.

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

His name is Kevin Pietersen.

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The buzz around back-to-school activities has been very intense in recent days as summer holidays come to an end and students get ready to start school or return to the classroom.

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

"Power is insinuating.

Published:Friday | August 30, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Once again, the Government is setting up its environmentalists.

Published:Friday | August 30, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The proposed change to the Red Stripe Premier League format has been met with mixed reactions from coaches and football lovers alike.

Published:Friday | August 30, 2013 | 12:00 AM

In June 1963, Martin Luther King Jr visited Jamaica when I was 11 years old. We were not yet one year into being granted 'Independence' from the British.

Published:Friday | August 30, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We are encouraged by the insistence by the police brass that they and their subordinates will respect the authority of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) despite the threat by some cops to drop their hats.

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Reggae and dancehall are our brand; they're in our vein and culture.

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Parents send their children to school thinking that they will be safe and protected, but children experience violence there in different forms despite the efforts of administrators to discourage violent behaviours.

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We have this sense of the surreal: an old black and white film running backwards, but with its cast of characters substituted.

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM

On Sunday, the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), at its 70th annual general meeting, passed a resolution calling on Milton Samuda to resign as chairman of Television of Jamaica (TVJ).

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Audley Shaw's announcement of his intention to consult with Labourites before making a decision on challenging Andrew Holness for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) raises one important question.

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

A week ago, the Statistical Institute (STATIN) reported Jamaica's employment in April at 16.3 per cent, the highest rate of joblessness for a decade.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

A dilemma is, by its very nature, a choice between evils, and that is what now faces other countries over the use of poison gas in Syria.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Having effectively relinquished his deputy post, Audley Shaw has as good as given an irrevocable commitment to challenge Andrew Holness for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I wonder if our youth realise just how much we've achieved in athletics.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Rev Garnett Roper, writing in The Sunday Gleaner of August 25, 2013, ('Goat Islands: ecology and economy') trots out the usual tired arguments with regard to national parks and protected areas - that they are just an attempt to secure a playground...

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