They say never speak ill of the dead. We won't. But the death of Joseph Hibbert, the former government minister, is a reminder of the issue of corruption in Jamaica, and raises serious questions about the will ...
Barack Obama, the American president, is a history buff who likes to bone up on the policies and strategies of his predecessors.As he moves to concretise his decision to provide arms to Syrian rebels, Mr Obama should probably reflect on a country called...
There is currently a struggle being staged between freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial.It has always been accepted as fair journalism that the press will disseminate accurately and fairly the evidence in an ongoing trial...
It now seems that our money is going to be controlled once more by external governments and their regulations.There will be instituted in our banking regulations a requirement for some additional information on clients' funds, and their source of funds...
Last week, The Gleaner exposed the difference between the interests of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) and the view of economics that I represent. I pointed out that the extent to which the JMA is successful in lobbying for duty protection...
We are surprised at the panic over the recent depreciation of the Jamaican dollar, given the logic of the adjustment and the supposed pedigree of many of those at the head of the herd.
That the rain falls on the houses of the just and unjust alike is something I take for granted. But on a recent trip to San Francisco, I was surprised to learn that every so often the rain discriminates.
Mi sorry fi JTA. Inna disya hard time, govament waan cut tiicha pay! No sah! Notn couldn't go so. Mi do understand wa mek Doran Dixon an Paul Adams ha fi a bawl out. Yu can't sidong mek mongrel daag rush-rush yu an waan bite-bite yu up. Yu ha fi run di daag! Worse if di daag look like seh it deh pon cocaine! Dixon seh JTA a no no likl puss weh fraid fi mongrel.
The hand-wringing has begun. Given our dismal economic performance, the Jamaican dollar has eventually done what was inevitable: it sank below one US cent in value.
On July 30, 1854, the first Chinese migrants numbering 267 came to Jamaica from Hong Kong. They arrived on a ship named Epsom and were destined to replace the emancipated slave population to work on the plantation.
The rampage at a St Catherine livestock farm under the cloak of darkness earlier this week, resulting in sheep and goats being slaughtered and the meat carted off, has renewed the discussion about praedial thieves and what can be done to staunch this crime.
In the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, which is set in the 1830s, the character Mr Bumble was told that the law supposes that your wife acts under your direction.
The statements made by Dr Damien King, published in the June 14, 2013 issue of The Gleaner, are appalling, and I am calling on the economist to get his facts straight.
In Sunday's Gleaner, Gordon Robinson chastises what he sees as a wave of anti-gay bigots coming out of the woodwork."Recently, I've noted the religious righteous have launched a new offensive against homosexuals.
Wednesday's decision by Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips to suspend parliamentary debate, to give critics more time to weigh in on proposed amendments to the Revenue Administration Act, was a good development for political discourse and policy...
The decision by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban Denesh Ramdin for two games, plus take away his entire match fee, is completely unwarranted...
One of the important claims made by activists wishing us to accept that homosexuality is 'normal' and 'natural', and therefore 'acceptable' and 'legal', is that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are 'born that way'.
AS I write this, Nelson Mandela is still with us. He may even still be living at the end of this year. But this is his fourth hospitalisation in six months, and the prognosis for 94-year-old men with persistent lung infections is not good
RECENTLY, SOME Parish Councils announced new measures and fees which could affect food prices.For example, the St Thomas Parish Council announced some massive percentage increases, including a 350 per cent increase on butcher fees.
We welcome the unprecedented move by the Government of inviting public comment on its draft terms of reference for the proposed commission of enquiry into the west Kingston state of emergency in 2010 during which at least 76 civilians died.But we urge...
THERE IS no secret the Jamaican economy - for a long time now - is in a very bad state. The cost to live on a daily basis keeps increasing while our salaries remain constant. Unemployment is commonplace - particularly among youth and women ...
Just when it looked like the spotlight on teachers was dimming, the issue of a teacher glut has emerged as the next great talking point in the nation.Many persons have commented on the recent outburst of two past presidents ...
