The recent discovery of two drug-smuggling submarines in the Caribbean Sea adds a new dimension to the business of trafficking and presents a clear and present danger for law enforcement in our largely unprotected coastal region.
Who could doubt the moral decay that is now sweeping the world? There are cycles in life when there is new growth, new life, a great civilisation of faith, belief and courage, then atrophy, decline and death, and in that death, new beginnings...
As a social scientist, you stand back and watch, and observe; society is your laboratory.The recent declaration by Bruce Golding of his intention not to seek re-election as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party ...
Is there something brewing between MVP and Racers, the top two track-and-field clubs in Jamaica?It is a fact that the two senior coaches of those two clubs, Stephen Francis and Glen Mills, have had a less-than-cordial relationship in the last few years.
It increasingly seems unlikely that the new leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), and ultimately prime minister of Jamaica, will be determined by back-room deals, which some posit as a way to avoid a bruising contest that could damage the party only...
Published:Thursday | September 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The nation is yet to hear from its Chief Servant the reason behind his pending resignation as prime minister of Jamaica. The Constitution requires that Mr Golding be - first, by way of victory at the polls - a representative of the people of a constituency...
Published:Thursday | September 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM
On Sunday, Jo-Ann Richards, former missionary to West Africa and the Americas, proclaimed at the Boulevard Baptist Church, on the observance of Mission Sunday, that God understands Patois...
Published:Thursday | September 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM
When a student at the University of the West Indies, I used to tease my Barbadian friends because they behaved as if Barbados was this 'special' country...
Published:Thursday | September 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM
There is a plethora of roads in Jamaica named after our heroes, statesmen, personalities, and politicians. Some of the names have faded from memory with the discontinuation or breakdown of the roads...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The same might be said of power. Prime Minister Bruce Golding - theoretically, the most powerful man in Jamaica - must have taken a long look in the mirror. Fortunately, for Jamaica, he recognised just who he was, what he had become...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM
WE PREVIOUSLY warned that while we expect rigorous debate between who wish to succeed Mr Bruce Golding as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and prime minister of Jamaica, we expect the contest to be conducted with decency and decorum and without...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM
THERE CAN be no dispute that the Government inherited a decrepit and neglected physical infrastructure and some new highways when it assumed office after the general election of 2007...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM
THERE WAS Michael Moore on my television screen - bullhorn in hand, urging employees of the New York Stock Exchange to come out of their building with hands in the air.Around the building, one could see the ubiquitous...
When I was first made aware of what transpired at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) meeting of the Central Executive on Sunday, I was extremely sceptical...
When the United States Federal Reserve Board announced its 'twist' operation last week, in which it will exchange short-dated maturities for long-dated ones in the hopes of bringing down long-term interest rates and thereby raising investments...
Whoever succeeds Bruce Golding as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will assume office at a difficult time. But should he grasp it, the new leader will have a great opportunity to define the JLP as a party of competence...
The Opposition may have compelling reasons for staying out of talks towards what, these days, is referred to as a Partnership for Transformation, but was once branded a social contract...
The breaking news is that Prime Minister and JLP President Orrett Bruce Golding has indicated that he will be stepping down from both those posts around the time of the upcoming party conference...
In The Sunday Gleaner of May 23, 2010, four days before my brother Keith was killed in a misdirected search for Dudus, I stated that Bruce Golding had lost his legitimacy as a political leader....
One of the highlights of my being a columnist is getting the diverse responses from the readers who choose to so express them; dialogue is the vehicle that will generate a considered consensus aimed at moving education forward.
It emerged last week that UC Rusal, the aluminium company controlled by the Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, had acquired the 35 per cent of the Alpart alumina refinery in Nain, St Elizabeth, it didn't already own.
Stock markets around the world tumbled last week as investors reacted to a growing consensus among forecasters that the global economy is moving dangerously close to another recession.
