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Published:Thursday | May 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

EVERY DAY we turn up our noses, lock our SUV doors and turn on the air conditioning in our motor vehicles as we approach the traffic lights or some other place where children who live and work on the streets frequent...

Published:Thursday | May 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

RECENTLY, A raft of tax measures took effect, and it is important to ascertain whether the targets established by the government will be achieved...

Published:Thursday | May 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We understand Audley Shaw's frustration with Jamaica's failure, up to now, to decide upon and put in place arrangements for a cheaper fuel than oil for the generation of electricity.It was a mistake, Mr Shaw insists, for the administration in which ...

Published:Thursday | May 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Do you agree with Education Minister, Ronald Thwaites that corporal punishment is an unacceptable disciplinary measure?I bet if you ran a survey, you would realise that the persons who object to corporal punishment are those born outside...

Published:Wednesday | May 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We endorse the Government's acceptance of Earl Witter's recommendation for a commission of enquiry into the Tivoli Gardens affair, but agree with the provisos of Messrs Bruce Golding and Edward Seaga.For we are clear about the kind of enquirers we do...

Published:Wednesday | May 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Seems to me, no matter how much the Jamaican public kicks and screams about any travesty, it's to no avail. Why in the name of God do our politicians continue to be bullies to the same people they pretend to be 'for'?...

Published:Wednesday | May 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I am simply amazed at how behaviour on our roads has deteriorated.The evidence was all before my eyes last weekend when I took a road trip to Montego Bay. Speeding and indiscriminate overtaking were the most common violations...

Published:Wednesday | May 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Beneath an overcast sky and amid the looming threat of rain, the prime minister, radiant in yellow, officially opened the Jamaica International Invitational meet at the National Stadium last Saturday evening.Following a brief address, heavy on...

Published:Tuesday | May 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Jamaican opposition politicians have a ponderous proclivity to oppose whatever Government proposes, regardless of the proposal's merits...

Published:Tuesday | May 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Richard Byles, the president of Sagicor Jamaica, has no need to convince anyone of his independence and willingness to call things as he sees them.Yet, we are heartened that he did just that last week, in the context of the assignment he has taken on as...

Published:Tuesday | May 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

This is the second in a series of articles contributed by Jamaicans for Justice specially timed for May, Child Month.For a while, Jodiseemed absolutely determined to leave.

Published:Tuesday | May 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I support the five recommendations made by Public Defender Earl Witter. Many of our public servants are given baskets to carry water, then we blame them for not delivering the water on time...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We are living in a time where immorality is getting more coverage and attention than crime, poverty and social injustice; and we are now seeing men apologising for speaking and standing up for fundamental truth....

Published:Monday | May 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

As Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller highlighted in the Budget Debate last week, Jamaica is reaping significant rewards from its decision four decades ago to establish diplomatic relations with China.The latest example is the proposed US$1.5-billion...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

In the latest episode of politicians flirting with stupidity, Mayor of Kingston Angela Brown Burke threw a very public hissy fit on Twitter, claiming bias on the part of local media because two competing television stations were brazen enough...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Suppose you lived in a 12-room house on a vast lot with swimming pool, servant's quarters and space for three cars. But you didn't own any cars because the mortgage payments soaked up all your income...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I just happen to have a few minutes to spare one morning and I tuned in to TVJ's 'Smile Jamaica' on Friday, April 26...

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Peter Phillips' attempt at rectifying the confusion created by Phillip Paulwell over the Government's plan for its 45 per cent in the Jamalco alumina refinery raised new issues that require clarification.

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

So I was sitting at my desk trying to solve what the experts might call a 'logistical problem': if mi get one house from Dalrymple and one shop from Azan, how mi gwine get from Trelawny to Clarendon ah mawnin' time? Is not a easy road!

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Last Sunday, the third annual Dis Poem Word Festival was staged in Hope Bay, Portland. It was a beautiful setting by the sea. Conceived by Ras Takura, an enterprising poet, the festival was held in honour of the 'Iancient', Mutabaruku - poet, political philosopher and talk-show host on both radio and television.

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Recently, PNP apologists have been pointing to the regular transfer of funds from Petrojam to the Consolidated Fund as a precedent and justification for the latest raid on National Housing Trust (NHT) funds which, as I've often written, I consider illegal.

Published:Sunday | May 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

There comes a time when the only thing to do is make clear, definitive, unambiguous statements about things of importance. Here goes. I am a Jamaican, I am NOT a Caribbean man. I want no part of the totally useless creation we label CARICOM. The peoples who populate those islands 1,000 miles away from my home are not brothers and sisters.

Published:Saturday | May 4, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Twitter chatter has placed the spotlight on Kingston Mayor Angela Brown Burke for what has been described as an offensive remark which she recently posted.

Published:Saturday | May 4, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The following is a submission from the 51% Coalition: Women in Partnership for Development and Empowerment through Equity.

Published:Saturday | May 4, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Israel may be the land referred to in the Bible as "overflowing with milk and honey", but it is also the land that pulled off one of the most daring and cynical 'honey traps' of all time.

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