Commentary

You must never show mercy to anyone who murders an innocent person (paraphrase Deuteronomy 19:13 CEV version, Bible). The Old Testament is an amazing discourse on socio-economic policy and legal advice as to how to maintain a harmonious society.

Horse DNA found in frozen burgers in stores across Britain and Ireland has resulted in the withdrawal of 10 million burger patties and the closure of three processing plants and talk of criminal liability. The disclosure of the test results done late last year has sparked outrage in Britain, where eating horse meat is taboo.

I feel the need to express my frustration and dissatisfaction with Digicel's poor service. I had hoped that after all the complaints the company received from me through customer service, eventually the problems would have been resolved.

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr Watson, were taking a ride on the Reading Railroad on their way to Wormwood Scrubs when they came upon as motley a collection of clues as ever they found in their long experience in detection.

The squad named by the West Indies selectors to face Australia in a series of limited-over games next month is not a bad one. By and large, it was fairly predictable, with those chosen generally representing the best we have in that format of the game...

Roger Clarke is a likeable bloke. He certainly knows more about growing sugar cane than we do. He has had great success at it...

Last Friday, Usain Bolt was recognised as Jamaica's top male sportsman for his performance on the track in 2012. Bolt's historic triple in marquee events in the Beijing Olympics of 2008 was repeated in London 2012, but with one world record in the relay...

Do you agree with the imminent reintroduction of hospital user fees? At this stage, persons will get attention immediately as they are paying for the service.- Innocent StacyWell, as long as those who can't afford it will be given the OK to access the...

"Those days are over," said France's president, François Hollande, last month when asked if French forces would intervene in the war between Islamist insurgents who have seized the northern half of Mali and the government in Bamako....

The woman's ringing office extension interrupts the raging debate about the on-again romance of Chris Brown and Rihanna. The office goes silent as the woman peeks at the instrument display for the caller's identity...

Prime Minister Simpson Miller delivered a national broadcast on January 6 of monumental irrelevance and obfuscation. Jamaicans have one priority concern right now: It's the economy, stupid! Yet the prime minister focused on crash-programme jobs and cash...