Commentary

For all the shock and frustration felt by Jamaicans and his multitude of fans across the globe, no one is likely to be as disappointed, and even angry, as Usain Bolt over his eviction, on Sunday, from the final of the men's 100 metres race at the IAAF...

The education-centred articles published in The Sunday Gleaner of August 28 really make for interesting reading. I agree wholeheartedly that solid school leadership from principals can provide some improvement to the educational process...

It is time for the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) government to do some plain speaking about its valuable pieces of previously privately held Jamaican assets that have ostensibly fallen into its hands, which are important to production and jobs...

Mr Daryl Vaz, the minister with responsibility for information, made a useful suggestion last week when he urged an early start to debates between political leaders, rather than leaving such discourse to be drowned out in the cut and thrust of a fully...

With New York state's decision to drop the rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the dramatic case of the fallen IMF head would seem to close....

I was told several years ago that we don't own land, we simply have an interest in land. The term interest has a special legal meaning, that is, we really hold land for a time period during which time there are rights, duties, liabilities and advantages connected to the holding of the land.

Last night, the curtains came down on the 18th staging of Rototom Sunsplash, the European reggae festival that attracts thousands of fans from all over the continent and far beyond for 10 days of immersion in Jamaican culture: both the real thing and 'nuff-nuff' imitations.

This newspaper believes in free enterprise and that markets work best when they are free of interference from governments. But we concede that there are circumstances when regulation is necessary, especially in cases when monopolies or oligopolies control critical services, or firms are capable of abusing their dominant position in markets.

THE EDITOR, Sir:What Jamaica needs at this critical juncture of national affairs, where the very norms of traditional heterosexual lifestyle are, from some perspectives, being seen as just an alternative to homosexuality, is more heavy promotion of...

Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is definitely a state that is always in a state.

Michael Lee-Chin once said that success is one per cent strategy formulation and 99 per cent strategy execution. This dictum, I believe, is true for any organisation - commercial business, school, youth group, political party and yes, a national government....