While Middle East experts are casting doubts on threats that Iran could close the vital oil sea lanes where up to a quarter of the world's oil supply is transported, the fear persists that an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would send...
Rat infestation at Calabar High School, which was serious enough to warrant a three-day closure, and coming so soon after the huge fire at the Riverton City dump, indicates the enormous social stresses that have...
I was dismayed and alarmed by an ad that appeared in your newspaper by the Caribbean Electric Utility Service Corporation (CARILEC) on Thursday, February 23, which somehow tried to justify the cost of power in Jamaica.
THE EDITOR, Sir:I share the views expressed by Diane Sharpe in your edition of Sunday, February 26, but I disagree with one paragraph of your editorial on Friday the 24th, titled 'Cricket, governance and diplomacy'.
Before the recent general election, the call was raised for the job description of members of parliament (MPs) to be published - quite reasonable, I thought, because if 130-plus people put themselves forward as candidates for 63 jobs...
Death is very tempting in our times. In an age of selfishness, modern man will implode - nothing which turns on itself will last. We will destroy others and destroy ourselves...
After watching the Reggae Boyz play the last three friendly internationals, I am convinced that we do have the goods to qualify for Brazil. Our first mission is to finish in the top two in a group involving the USA, Guatamala and Antigua & Barbuda...
The problem, someone should explain to Sandrea Falconer, is not at its worst with bad boards, especially if there is talented and competent management...
RECENTLY, I had a dream. Strangely, I was addressing an audience inclusive of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. Here's what I remember of the dream...
AS WE celebrate 25 years of Ian Boyne and his television programme 'Profile' in Jamaica's 50th year as an independent nation, I believe his most poignant contribution to Jamaica's national consciousness and conversation is his...
LAST WEEK, the national security minister, Mr Peter Bunting, made two important and related declarations - one policy, the other an expected policy outcome - that found favour with this newspaper.The easier one concerns the administration's intention to...
RECENTLY, PRINCE William, Duke of Cambridge, started to work as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, thereby providing cover for both the civilian and military population.
Published:Wednesday | February 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM
My attention was drawn to a news item that gardeners in South Carolina in the United States were being invited to order animal poop produced by elephants, giraffes and zebras at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia.For many hundreds...
Published:Wednesday | February 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM
What's your view on the Government's plan to construct a state-of-the-art prison within the next three years to house approximately 5,000 inmates, in an effort to address overcrowding in the island's prisons?
Published:Wednesday | February 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Not since Ms Ana Treasure was its boss, in its early days of operation, has there been someone at the helm of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) who had either the vision or technical competence...
Published:Wednesday | February 29, 2012 | 12:00 AM
I barely made it. If 2012 wasn't a leap year, I would have missed the opportunity to write a timely column on this subject. But today - the 29th and last day of February - is as good a day as any to remind you, for the 479th time, that it was a black man...
First, a personal-interest disclosure. Since 2009, I've volunteered as a national youth bridge team coach. "Bridge?" you ask, incredulously. "Wha' dat? Nuh old people sint'in'?"
Some things are just all wrong, but others just need a partial rewrite.Take Kartel's Cake Soap:"Mi no love man, so tek yuh eye offah mi, Ah fi yuh same gyal ah try affah mi, Dem a fight fi di sweat weh ah fly offah mi." It sell off! But then comes the...
Dr Peter Phillips, the finance minister, as he has acknowledged, and ought to be obvious to anyone who appreciates the severity of Jamaica's fiscal situation, will have very little room within which to manoeuvre ...
Below is online feedback from readers of the front-page story of Monday, February 28, headlined 'Livity Coke injured during violent resistance, says JDF'.This story is so fabricated.
Politics so permeates our society that it is often a liability. It has absolutely no place in governance - whether from the Government or Opposition. Once elected into office, members of parliament should stop politicking...
SOME HAVE said that flexi-week gives workers greater scheduling freedom. Others have said it is positive for productivity, and allows employees more family time. But are we really capable of handling flexi-week schedules?
