Commentary

What evil mind conceives of a plan to turn a fun activity to celebrate human endeavour into a blood-splattered scene?That is the question many are asking after the mayhem at the Boston Marathon which will not be remembered...

It is noticeable that despite his line of work, Bishop Howard Gregory did not propose divine intervention for solving the pervasive problem of corruption in Jamaica's driving and vehicle-safety and certification system.The head of the Anglican Church in...

That the Clarendon business community feels itself set upon by criminals is quite understandable, although the same complaint may well come from business people elsewhere in Jamaica.So far this year, at least four businessmen/entrepreneurs have been...

THE EDITOR, Sir:"Even fools seem wise if they keep quiet." - Proverbs 17:28Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) president Antoinette Patterson made some erratic, irrational and most unfortunate utterances in an interview she gave recently on Nationwide...

Maybe Scean Barnswell's handling, so far, of the Spaldings Market saga can be explained by his callowness. The chairman of the Clarendon Parish Council wants to compensate the man who attempted to exploit public property for private gain...

A while back, my wife and I went on an excursion in Grand Cayman.We saw a curious sign, handwritten on a plastic container with a few United States dollar bills in the bottom of it...

Undoubtedly, when a nation fails to seek God for its direction and guidance, then that nation is going to find itself in a constant state of severe oppression....

This year, for the first time in its 89-year history, the Cocoa Merchants Association of America held its annual convention outside the United States.

The plan announced by Senior Superintendent Radcliffe Lewis, requiring motorists to get clearance from the Traffic Division headquarters before renewing a driver's licence or car registration, seems to me a very bad idea.

This newspaper is urging Justice Minister Mark Golding not to allow too much procrastination over whether or not the ministry should shun expensive rental premises in New Kingston and move into government-owned property in Half-Way Tree.

The cinema in my home village was big on westerns, Tarzan and comedies - especially the slapstick comedy of the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin, Abbot and Costello, and the Three Stooges. Now slapstick has entered the realm of politics in Trinidad, and from comedy it has degenerated into farce or what Trinis call 'too dam farce'.