For those of you genuinely shocked that the political parties took large contributions from Olint, I have this scheme to tell you about that's just fabulous!
Nothing short of an aggressive divestment strategy will guarantee the disposal of non-performing state assets in fulfilment of Government's commitment to liberalise the economy.
The West Indies have just completed another losing Test and one-day series, this time against England, and the familiar routine of fault-finding and weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth has already started. Prior to every series, there is optimism...
This Sunday, Jamaican Roman Catholics from Negril to Morant Point will gather at the National Arena to celebrate their 'Journey: 500 years for the Catholic Church, 50 Years for Jamaica'...
It is a requirement of the job, it seems, that Jamaican parliamentarians flutter around the periphery rather than get to the substance of issues - an example of which is their current flapping over the opinion, of undetermined provenance...
It is unusual, to say the least, that an experienced politician such as Robert Pickersgill would speak words that are self-incriminating. In his infamous remarks, Mr Pickersgill admits that the People's National Party received...
Half a century ago, Theodore Sealy, the legendary former editor of this newspaper, chaired the committee that planned the celebrations to mark Jamaica's Independence from Britain. Those could not have been the easiest of times...
I'm 50 years old and I must confess I've had two lovers. Actually, I have two suitors, each contending for my affections, my charms. Others have tried, but compared to Panup and Jalup, they're small fries...
The outcome of last Sunday's parliamentary elections in Greece won't, of itself, solve that country's economic crisis. It is, however, an acknowledgement by the majority of Greek voters of the limited options faced by their country...
Do you think traditional vocational subjects such as woodwork and metalwork should be abolished? Of course not! Where would we get wooden products from, and who would do the welding when these people have died?- Krayz Mzindependent KayeNo!...
Move along. There's nothing to see here. You might as well go watch football (Euro 2012 is on), or buy a new outfit for that hype party this weekend, or do whatever it is that cool people do on Wednesdays...
Thanks to an incomprehensible 'confiscation order' doing the media-hyped rounds, political campaign funding is once more a popular topic.Talk-show host(esse)s have suddenly regained their voices...
It is now more than 50 years that we have been questioning the authenticity of our official image of Paul Bogle. Now it is being suggested that the picture of this national hero might be a true likeness of Thomas Jennings...
While the David Smith conviction was fading as yesterday's news, there seems to be a resurgent interest not only in him, but in the activities of Olint...
We are surprised that neither civil-society groups nor politicians responded to published invitations by a parliamentary committee for submissions on the future of the Office of the Political Ombudsman. That, hopefully, will not be the end of the matter...
