Commentary

The more we refuse to invest in our own people - local staff, local businesses and the youth - the more our sovereignty is exposed to risk of decay.Very shortly we will see most of the strategic positions within the public...

Recently, Claudia Robinson was in Jamaica for the 100th birthday of her indestructible aunt, and a few veterans of the satirical revue series 8 O'clock Jamaica Time (1965-1999) sat around swapping memories.

This is part one of a presentation at a Stocks & Securities leadership and economic growth forum titled 'How to Win in a Tough Climate', on Thursday, March 14.

Could a failed bank robbery in Cyprus cause the collapse of the euro?

There appears to be a huge gulf between the policies and regulations regarding when and how to use deadly force espoused by Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington and the actions of his officers as they carry out their duties.

When the Organisation of American States (OAS) convenes a special assembly in Washington today on proposed reforms to the structure and operation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Jamaica...

I'm torn between writing about the death (really the life) of my friend and church brother, Frank Gordon, OD, a Garveyite, political activist and committed Roman Catholic Christian; and our ramshackle, failing justice system...

THIS NEWSPAPER accepts the jurisprudential canon that persons accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty, and should be allowed to avail themselves of the best defence to prove that innocence.We also subscribe to arrested persons being allowed...

Last week, in an interview on CVM TV, government Senator Wensworth Skeffery stated that Edmund Bartlett, member of parliament for East Central St James and Opposition spokesman on tourism, had no moral authority to speak on the lottery scam.

Yesterday's deadly bomb blasts in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities were bloody reminders of the country's continued instability and the fact that it could still collapse into a Balkanised entity, or even a completely failed state.But perhaps the greater...

Having received a comprehensive written report from the Crown counsel who prosecuted the Lloyd Kelly case, I now outline a chronology of events along with a discussion of what occurred in court and the relevant case law in an effort to bring clarity...

The evidence of poor problem-solving skills and the lack of ability to think critically is all too evident in the state of Jamaica today.