Commentary

As we commemorate International Human Rights Day on December 10, for those who are thinking about 'rights', the question must inevitably arise - from where do these rights originate?

The vehement denials by the Government and the formal financial institutions of the Opposition's claims that a foreign-exchange black market has re-emerged in Jamaica are consistent with the pattern of deception that has characterised the country's monetary management since liberalisation of exchange controls was declared two decades ago.

Nearly 1,200 youth from northeastern Jamaica recently graduated from the HEART Trust national programme. Photos in this newspaper showed the eager faces of young men and women basking in the glow of their achievement.

In light of The Gleaner's recent cover story titled 'Heavy rent burden: More than $1b being spent to house Gov't at private premises', it is about time that we take stock of all government-owned buildings, derelict, yet repair worthy, which can be overhauled to house government ministries and departments.

Christmas Day is fast approaching, and the usual hustle and bustle is well under way. But with all this feverish activity, there is always a price to pay. It is the price that can play havoc on your physical and mental well-being. And it all comes down to one distressful word: stress.

Finally, the idea that recruiting in high-school sports is an aberration is gaining some traction.Our present minister of education is the first politician to come out against it, so maybe it will finally be brought under control...

The regularity with which coaches move around in the Red Stripe Premier League is now beginning to amuse me. Lenworth Hyde's resignation from Humble Lion is the latest of an astonishingly long line of coaches...

BEING A bell-ringing Labourite or a heady comrade, as well as a Jamaican, seems to be a precarious balancing act in Jamaica's political landscape...

No, many are already too aggressive.

JAMAICA CANNOT afford - as Freeman Hrabowski of the University of Maryland urged in a speech in Kingston last week -to double the salaries of its teachers, generally, and triple it for those who teach math ...

Last Sunday, the Central Executive of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) elected the remainder of the party's top leadership - including Chairman Robert Montague and General Secretary Horace Chang - without the constitutional glitches that marred...