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Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is not a transcendental political figure, with a secure place in history, who emerging leaders would hold as a role model - like Abraham Lincoln is to Barack...

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

A study by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) offers evidence of the performance gap between Jamaica Public Service (JPS) power generation and other domestic...

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

In defeat, the ageing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) continues to wage its war of contempt against Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.

Published:Sunday | February 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

There is a wind blowing across our nation, Jamaica, which threatens to destabilise the Christian world view that we accept as the norm in our country.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

As I see it, both the Jamaican Church and State will continue to suffer the effects of intellectual dishonesty, expressions of narrow denominational loyalty and superficial religiosity which could render the evils proceeding from the gambling industry as relatively trite.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Down the islands, Trinis are called 'Trickydadians', and many people don't believe you can trust a Trinidadian. I disagree. It is not because I was born on that island or even because I grew up there.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

A section of the North Coast Highway, in the vicinity of Whitehall, St Mary, which has been rendered impassable.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The announcement by National Security Minister Peter Bunting that he is considering the expansion of non-lethal weapons for police use has been hailed by one local human-rights group as a welcome move.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I have recently heard that there are plans, within a few short months, to dig up the four remaining tennis courts at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre on Marescaux Road, the home of Tennis Jamaica.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Congrats are in order for the Point-Counterpoint feature on the editorial spread. Regarding the Friday, February 3 issue, I have to agree with columnist Orville Higgins, albeit reluctantly, because his previous pro-Lawrence Rowe and pro-Captain Burrell pieces had impressed me as merely controversial and lacking in substance.

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2012 | 12:00 AM

On Friday, January 27, 2012, while travelling with three other family members to the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, our car, on exiting the Fern Gully, developed brake problems which caused us to crash and overturn in a gully. We the Norton family wish to express our extreme gratitude to the many persons from Harrison Town who came to our assistance during this very harrowing ordeal.

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Having endured the Government's turgid and almost impenetrable statement from Wednesday's briefing of the media on this week's meeting of the Cabinet, we have concluded that the state of Jamaica's finances is the major talking point at the ministerial...

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Recently, a man who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old boy was sentenced to three years in prison....

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Horse-racing aficionados want the 'Sport of Kings' at Caymanas Park to be extended to Sundays, but the Church is having none of it....

Published:Friday | February 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Elements within the Jamaican church fraternity wish to make gambling - and these days, horse racing in particular - a religious issue....

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: THE IMPASSE between the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (the board) and Mr Chris Gayle has dragged on for too long...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2012 | 12:00 AM

On Monday, veteran radio morning show host, Alan Magnus, in his commentary section of the RJR 94 FM, challenged the Jamaica Council of Churches' (JCC) opposition to Sunday horse racing...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:AMBASSADOR THE Honourable Dudley Thompson was one of a special breed of black Jamaicans witnessing the end of colonialism and the birth of independent Jamaica, whose steadfast emphasis on our origins and links with our African ancestral...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Mr A.J.Nicholson, the foreign minister, was obviously well-intentioned and, indeed, got part of the equation. For the rest, his tone was boorishly sexist, amplified by the fact that he seemed to have been blissfully unaware of the faux pas.

Published:Wednesday | February 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

"Bwoy, yu waan see seh since Mama P tek ova, traffic start ease up pon the Boulevard.""Since PNP tek it, nutten nah gwaan fi mi again, mi just lose the likkle day's work uppa Jacks Hill.""Bwoy, since the Comrade dem come in, Din Duggan column nah seh...

Published:Wednesday | February 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

If nothing else, Mike Henry was courageous in a political scrap - of which he has been in many. There were, for instance, several with Edward Seaga, including one challenge for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...

Published:Wednesday | February 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

What are your thoughts on Sunday horse racing?I honestly think Wednesday and Saturday are enough for racing...

Published:Wednesday | February 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I no longer have to guess why Celine Dion made Caesars Palace in Las Vegas the top-grossing venue on the Billboard charts for five consecutive years, because the Canadian siren demonstrated at last Friday's edition of the Jamaica...

Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The Old Ball and Chain insisted on writing this week's column herself. She wrote: "It's definite. Celine Dion is the best I've seen perform in Jamaica. Certainly, she's produced the most successful show. Her performance was professional...

Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The story of Maurice Tomlinson, a lecturer at the University of Technology (UTech), reported by this newspaper yesterday, reverberates with the insensitivity of supposed students of the law and at the same time highlights the mediaeval attitude...

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