It is simply unbelievable that we are still talking about transforming the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) in 2012. Everyone acknowledges that the system of issuing licences and testing motor vehicles to ensure fitness and roadworthiness is flawed and open to corruption and exploitation.
I heard these lyrics from 'All Cried Out' by Allure over the radio recently and it got me thinking about the role of motherhood. The above lyricist admits to being confused because the relationship produced so much pleasure to the body but nevertheless...
In my column of August 18, 2011, I wrote: "How is it that David Smith could be brought to trial, convicted and sentenced in a foreign jurisdiction, and we have not been able to do the same here? The judicial system in the United States of America...
The 2011-2012 Red Stripe Premier League has come to an end. I'd like to select a team from the league based on the most outstanding players. My formation is 4-4-2...
Should one have been needed, there can now be no more compelling argument for Jamaica to fast-track its campaign-finance legislation than the order by a Turks and Caicos Islands court for Jamaica's two main political parties, and persons aligned...
IT IS AN Olympic year so, as expected, the world starts to question us. What is the secret of our athletic success? Is it our yams, our terrain, our special mix of racial types?
THERE IS an article by Michael Bryce in The Gleaner of May 6, 2012, concerning the choice of an LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant (fossil fuel) for handling up to 460MW over the next three years...
Arnold Bertram last served in a Jamaican government in 2002, the year he lost his North West St Ann parliamentary seat in a general election.As the minister with responsibility for local government, he liked showing off an artist's impression...
Reports about new, sophisticated terrorist bombs are very unsettling and offer a dispirited reminder of the 9/11 attacks in America, even as we contemplate the Summer Olympics in London, England, in a few months' time...
The first shots in Jamaica's revolution have been fired. The war drums have been steadily sounding for some time. They grew louder after last year's Arab Spring movement in which young revolutionaries...
I have been travelling internationally for the last 15 years and have, on several occasions, received invitations to live and work in a number of countries to which I have sojourned.
Hear the Children's Cry is offering the following prayer to be used on Wednesday, May 9, when the organisation has called for a designated day of prayer for Jamaican children. Father, we acknowledge You as the creator of all....
Having noted the outcomes of last weekend's parliamentary and presidential elections in Greece and France, where incumbents were defeated, conventional wisdom will be for the Jamaican Government to resist tough fiscal reform....
So, licensed bookmakers have finally called Caymanas Track Limited's (CTL) bluff and stopped selling local racing bets.I'm reminded of Richard Nixon's infamous quote to the media after losing the 1960 presidential election to John Kennedy: "You won't...
This newspaper has consistently urged the Jamaican authorities to aggressively collect taxes owed to the Government, so that everyone pays his fair share, and to apply the law to those who cheat the national coffers. For improving compliance...
Last week, TVJ carried a news story about a destitute woman raising two children in subhuman conditions.The story was given to us in three parts, with the matter ending when several persons and organisations made or pledged contributions.
One of the reasons there are so many problems eating away at the society is that we are arduously seeking to ensure that individuals achieve academic goals and acquire degrees in order to excel in their jobs.But very little...
We have noted Jennifer Edwards' declaration about a 60 per cent likelihood of another debilitating fire at the Riverton City dump in Kingston.Ms Edwards, the People's National Party politician who was installed as head of the National Solid Waste...
In 1800, before the age of European imperialism entered its most expansive phase, the world was a relatively equitable place. The average person in what would go on to become the First World earned roughly three times what the average person...
I felt a little peeved. The surly woman standing behind the counter yawned (again) before walking off. I had hoped to tell her what I wanted to buy. She was, after all, the cashier at the St Andrew pharmacy...
It is not often that this newspaper finds itself in concert with Everald Warmington, the usually loud and attention-grabbing Jamaica Labour Party member of parliament (MP) for South West St Catherine.But Mr Warmington has a point, and our support...
May is Child Month and, fortuitously, the Caribbean College of Family Physicians - Jamaica Chapter recently staged a continuing medical education seminar on medical ethics covering some of the moral and legal issues encountered when physicians see...
