Commentary

Many people who are thinking of retirement conjure up images of a peaceful paradise where they can look at azure waters all day long and gape at beautiful sunsets....

There is a lot of talk regarding the plans to introduce a US$616-million power plant which is said to be a massive 360-megawatt unit that would be powered by liquefied natural gas. This unit alone "will replace over 80 per...

Republicans are gifting Obama a second term.Polls show him trailing a generic Republican, but leading any actual Republican who will likely be nominated. This curiosity indicates that American voters want an alternative, but the Republicans are unable to deliver.

Roger Clarke has, he says, taken "great exception" to the fact that Aubyn Hill, lately chairman of Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings, may have questioned the minister's assertion that the Government has had to embrace $35 billion of the SCJ's debt...

Although unintentional, it was as if to validate and highlight the need for restorative justice (RJ) to be incorporated into our judicial system that last Tuesday (Valentine's Day), the Observer published a piece by Tanesha Mundle titled 'Wife attacks...

Recently, my general practitioner told me that she saw a 'shadow' on the X-ray of my chest. She said she also saw early signs of emphysema, which is among a group of diseases known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She immediately asked if I smoked or had ever smoked.

It is time for all sides to end the public posturing and begin substantive and mature discussions on policy, strategy and tactics for lowering the cost of energy to Jamaican consumers. An important element of this approach, of course, has to be the setting of priorities and the establishment of timelines.

Listening to Wilmot Perkins' radio show was a lot like taking castor oil. A little dose every now and then was very good for the digestive system. Like the compulsory 'washout' for children at the end of the summer holidays!

THE EDITOR, Sir:CNN's Piers Morgan has, over the past few days, featured the tragic death of incredible entertainer Whitney Houston.

THE EDITOR, Sir:Jamaica is experiencing an energy crisis.

We are unsurprised by the reported unease of Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeill that the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) may have pumped US$450,000 (J$40 million) in the recently held and, by all accounts, hugely successful Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival...

A few days ago, Courtney Walsh said that the time has come when cricketers should be able to move easily from one territory to the next and play if we hope to lift the standard of the regional game. As I understand it, that option is open to regional...