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Published:Tuesday | September 18, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Apocrypha's big 50th birthday bash was nearly aborted.The cake carried only 42 candles. The baker, who failed O'Level maths, ran out of fingers and toes while counting...

Published:Tuesday | September 18, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Even making allowances for the fact that she may have been addressing partisans hoping to feast on political red meat, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller didn't make full opportunity of the platform offered...

Published:Tuesday | September 18, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Crime and violence statistics make a mockery of our goal to become a safe, cohesive and just society. Notwithstanding, structural changes, more heavily armed police deployed and the increasing use of the army have led to the arrest...

Published:Tuesday | September 18, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I remember watching an episode of Family Guy that had a time traveller telling the "very mature" gun-toting baby that those miracles credited to Jesus did not happen...

Published:Monday | September 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Like the Jamaican Government, and the many thousands of persons who have commented on the issue, this newspaper disagrees with Robert Mugabe's sweeping characterisation of Jamaican men as an unambitious lot, who get high on drink and drugs and eschew...

Published:Monday | September 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

If ever you wanted to stand in the middle of Times Square eating a pretzel and sipping soda from one of those giant Big Gulp cups, you'd better start packing now, because in a few months it will be much harder to pull off.New York last Thursday became...

Published:Monday | September 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The tragic death of the American ambassador during last week's anti-American protests in Libya not only deprived the world of a capable and well-liked diplomat, but also revealed just how uncertain the Middle East has become in the Arab Spring's...

Published:Monday | September 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been both sanctified and demonised, depending on which side of the sociopolitico-racial divide you stand.Mugabe was born in Rhodesia (the former name for Zimbabwe) in February 1924...

Published:Sunday | September 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I try to keep reminding myself that Robert Mugabe was once a towering figure in the epic anti-colonial wars on the African continent. These days, it's so easy to dismiss him as a very senior citizen who really ought to withdraw from public life.

Published:Sunday | September 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Over the past few days, there has been a considerable amount of conversation about East Rural St Andrew, but in particular how the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has been allocated and the supposed disagreement that disbursement has caused.

Published:Sunday | September 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

When Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses her party's annual conference today, she has an opportunity to redefine her premiership and start a rebuilding of confidence in her administration.

Published:Sunday | September 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Last week, it was reported by The Sunday Gleaner that the president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, declared that all Jamaican men are drunks and smokers of marijuana, they are marginalised by the women in universities, and are not fully represented in public and civic life. We will explore the extent to which these claims made are true.

Published:Sunday | September 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

For the record, let me state that I have never been arrested or charged for any offence. I have never had to attend a police station for questioning in relation to any matter. I have never had to attend court in relation to any criminal matter whatsoever.

Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Many of us Jamaicans are too light-headed, thinking neither of futures nor that of children. They have lived in an age where thinking about the outcome of tomorrow was a myth. It is time to wake up, people, and face the realities of this world!

Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

April 10, 2008. West Indies versus Sri Lanka at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. Left-handed Shivnarine Chanderpaul facing left-arm swing bowler Chaminda Vaas. Six runs needed to win the match, nine wickets down. Chanderpaul hits the winning runs with one mighty blow.

Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Regarding Peter Espeut's 'They have no shame', published Friday, September 14, not only do politicians have no shame, they have no respect for the people of Jamaica. Their corruption is now abundantly transparent, yet they get re-elected. In fact, they have nothing but disdain for the people they took an oath to serve.

Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The news that one of the leading chocolate companies in the United Kingdom was willing and ready to invest in the local cocoa industry was one of the best things to have happened to the agricultural sector in recent times. If these plans graduate from the dream stage, they could help transform the economy of parts of southeast St Mary and revitalise an important subsector of local agriculture.

Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

One item which neither the ruling People's National Party (PNP) nor opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) may have placed on its agenda for upcoming national conferences is campaign financing.

Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

With reference to Orville Higgins' 'From hero to villain?', published Friday, September 15, I believe that our football has gone nowhere since 1998. We still play one style of football.

Published:Friday | September 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am from outer space (obviously) and, therefore, take this medium to request the inhabitants of this particular part of Mother Earth to explain the following...

Published:Friday | September 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: Heartiest congratulations to Yohan Blake for his sterling performance at the 2012 Summer Games in London, England, for winning his first Olympic gold medal in the 4x100m relay...

Published:Friday | September 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

What a difference four days can make! Last Friday night, the Reggae Boyz had beaten the United States for the first time at the senior level...

Published:Friday | September 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The 'Dudus' affair: foreigners convicting locals while our justice system - possessing the same evidence - hasn't got off the mark.

Published:Friday | September 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The collapsed relations between the leaders of the People's National Party's (PNP) East Rural St Andrew constituency organisation offer that party another chance to begin an overdue, but necessary, overhaul of the practice of politics...

Published:Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller has suggested, putting it baldly, that her critics are a bunch of chauvinist carpers, holding her to a higher standard of performance than her male counterparts.This newspaper is inclined to give the PM the benefit...

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