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Published:Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Lent, which begins tomorrow, is the time when you and I prepare for the greatest event that ever happened to the human race.We were saved by the love of God, by the greatest act of love by His Son, crucified, rejected, wounded, whipped, laughed at...

Published:Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The essence of democracy is the people's (or their elected representatives') inclusion in important decision making.For example, it's not democracy to have Cabinet selected from members of parliament (MPs) because that effectively prevents the people...

Published:Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM

For years, the noise from tourism interests was deafening. Jamaica, they argued, was missing out on convention business, because of the absence of an adequate facility to host significant conferences...

Published:Monday | February 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

As you read this, Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica's energy minister, is likely playing Mas in Trinidad at its annual carnival....

Published:Monday | February 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Well, this is a little awkward. My barber shop shares a building with a salon, and although the space is clearly divided, you can still see what's going on in there. The benefit to this over the years has been an elevation of aesthetic appeal...

Published:Monday | February 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Recent developments in Japan have revealed the kind of bind a country gets into it when its debt rises to extraordinary heights.In the days when China was still on holiday from the world, Japan was lionised as the powerhouse of Asia...

Published:Monday | February 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

We have all seen these headlines: 'Several students injured in St Ann minibus crash', 'Three Holmwood students among 4 dead in minibus crash', 'Three members of same British family killed in minibus crash in Jamaica', 'Nine injured in minibus crash'...

Published:Monday | February 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Dating or courting is such a sensitive issue for many Christians, and even for the Church. There are a number of single people - whether they have never been married before or are divorced - who are seeking a life partner and are hoping to be able to identify...

Published:Sunday | February 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Along Pechon Street in downtown Kingston stands a still relatively shiny monument to ineptitude and the absence of accountability and consequences, usually occurring when folly on the part of public officials pours taxpayers' money down the drain.

Published:Sunday | February 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

With the announced arrival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team this past week, the country is ushered into a renewed sense of uncertainty about the likely results and consequences of this latest round of discussions.

Published:Sunday | February 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The recent Customs seizure of containerloads of charcoal destined for export has generated much discussion, including a contributed Gleaner article published on January 27, 2013...

Published:Sunday | February 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica needs every single cent of investment we can obtain at this time.

Published:Sunday | February 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

"So wat we a get outa it?" That's the question I was asked by a rather sceptical man who sells in Papine Market.

Published:Saturday | February 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

A call to action by the agricultural sector is being echoed across the reaches of Jamaica.

Published:Saturday | February 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: The VW commercial, which left every innocent soul in Jamaica palpably giddy, is nothing more than exploitation of the island's bastardised vernacular, so as to arrest viewers' attention solely for the motive of profit.

Published:Saturday | February 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The English word 'poison', first used around the early 14th century, meant 'dose', and indeed dose were the days when a favourite method of getting rid of people who stood in your way or who had something you coveted was to poison them.

Published:Saturday | February 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The recent arrival of a new set of Haitian refugees on our shores has reawakened latent suspicion and contempt for our next-door neighbours.

Published:Friday | February 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I was stopped at a gas station Wednesday night by a man who, without any real introduction, made what he clearly thought was a very profound statement...

Published:Friday | February 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Moveta Munroe either didn't get a proper job description, or misinterpreted its contents.It is not her job to encourage the herd to dive into the trough, but to ensure that those who do get no more than they are entitled, and are held accountable for...

Published:Friday | February 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Les Green's interview with the Daily Mirror highlighted some of the ongoing and well-documented deficiencies of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) but, as a former international police officer (IPO), I found some of his comments to be rude ...

Published:Friday | February 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I think Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell is playing games with environmentalists and the quality of Jamaica's future...

Published:Thursday | February 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

VALERIE DIXON claims that the 'Blood does not lie' meaning that her DNA tests show, she is from the ancestry of Hausa...

Published:Thursday | February 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ANY INITIAL observation about Dirk Harrison's appointment as Jamaica's contractor general is that it will change the public tone and style of the office. On the matter of substance, we have no reason to believe that Mr Harrison will be any less ...

Published:Thursday | February 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICA'S APPROACH to addressing the dire needs of children has been misguided for decades. Until a couple years ago, we ignored the critical function of elementary education in developing our most important asset - the people...

Published:Thursday | February 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ONCE, IN the Jamaican countryside, one found the true 'salt of the earth'. Honest, hard-working, friendly, strong folk who, exuding a 'love-thy-neighbour' spirit, pursued true happiness - and found it...

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