I THINK public defender Earl Witter has missed the point about the shutting down of the scrap metal trade. He is concerned that the rights of the scrap metal gatherers, dealers and exporters to earn a living may have been infringed by a stroke...
Below are comments from readers on www.jamaica-gleaner.com to the story carried yesterday: 'Family left in pain after teen kills brother'.Families need nurtureI feel for this family! A painful story ...
We are, by instinct, anti-monopoly. That instinct is bolstered by the mostly good returns that competition delivers to markets. Nonetheless, this newspaper believes that there is value in the suggestion of Mr Darron Thomas...
The United States (US), as Americans are usually proud to flaunt, is not merely a country. It is, too, a big idea to which the rest of the world not only gravitates, but is eager to embrace. America the country, though, is no small thing....
This is a special time to be a Jamaican! For, during this time, we observe Emancipation Day and Independence Day!Let's all together endorse, support and promote this special time, because it gives us a chance to celebrate and, even more important...
I enjoyed researching and describing some of the events that took us on the road to Independence leading up to 1962.The articles generated interest, and some heat, from persons here and overseas, all with varied comments and opinions on the unfolding...
RECENTLY, YOUTHLINK contributors Jovan Legister and Biko Kennedy dealt with the issue of 'A Eurocentric Jamaican Education System' (July 12-18). The writers highlighted the move to use culture within our educational system...
Two weeks ago, Charmaine Rattray and her daughter, Joeith Lynch, were brutally murdered in their home in Lauriston, a community just outside Spanish Town....
WE HAVE before urged the Government, and more particularly the finance minister, Mr Audley Shaw, to come clean on the state of Jamaica's standby agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).We believe it important to repeat that suggestion ...
OVER THE last few days, the print media, in particular, took a sober look at the significance of Emancipation. That is as it should be. But the effort must go further, much further, than a one-off event each year...
IF YOU know your literature, you will easily recognise the expression "the law is an ass - an idiot" as being uttered by Mr Bumble, one of the quirky characters in the Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist....
At this time of Emancipendence, my thoughts focus on my native land, Jamaica. On my recent pilgrimage to Woodside, the home of the Brodber family developed by Dr Erna Brodber to become a place where the descendants of Africans...
THE EDITOR, Sir:An open letter to Prime Minister Bruce Golding.I would like to thank you, Prime Minister, for your intervention in the procurement problem with the Violet Thompson Basic School in Airy Castle, although I still await a response...
The new Green Lantern movie revived memories of my youth as an avid comics collector. Every Thursday, Gene Autry and I would attend our friendly neighbourhood book store, timing our arrival to coincide with the shelving of the new comics...
JUDGING BY his remarks at a forum hosted by this newspaper last week, there is little doubt that Mr Clive Mullings, new into his second stint as Jamaica's mining and energy minister, is less than impressed that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR)...
This newspaper consistently makes the argument that cheaper energy is the potential game-changer for the Jamaican economy. For, as is now widely embraced, at a cost of nearly US$0.40 per kilowatt-hour for electricity...
Excerpted responses from online readers to some Sunday Gleaner columnists:'Young & clueless': Gordon Robinson This article is an eye-opener and serves to reinforce my disgust for politicians...
A peaceful, prosperous, generous land, Norway is one of those countries where bad things aren't supposed to happen. And the way Norwegian police responded to the recent terror attack - piling into a leaky boat and finding they couldn't move...
On April 19, 2009, 21-year-old Stephen Fray stormed a CanJet aeroplane (with Halifax-bound passengers) at the Sangster International Airport. Armed with a gun, he attempted to hijack the flight to Canada. No one was injured, and he was disarmed by the security forces...
This newspaper regrets the ruling by FINSAC commissioners Mr Worrick Bogle and Mr Charles Ross - presumably supported by their legal adviser, retired Justice Henderson Downer - against allowing even more latitude to Mr Donovan Crawford, to continue his rant at the hearing.
Recently, I had the privilege of being the guest speaker at the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association's 50th Anniversary Youth Awards. Nine prizes were handed out to primary- and secondary-school students whose entries had won a national competition that gave students the opportunity to develop the concept 'Tourism Opening the Doors to Our Future'.
Flying with Spirit Airlines requires a rather firm grasp of science. You need to know both basic science and the higher science of mystical communication. First of all, you have to be very good at maths. But with Spirit, you don't really have to bother with subtraction and division; it's all about addition and multiplication.
Among the clearest manifestations of Government's failure to create an environment of economic opportunity and prosperity for our people is the continuing uneconomic pricing of energy. At up to US$0.39 per kilowatt-hour, Jamaica has perhaps the highest electricity rates among our trading partners.
Jamaica's recent dominance in sprinting at all levels of international competition has sparked speculation worldwide as to anthropological factors that could explain this success. Usain Bolt's record-shattering 9.58-second run in the 100 metres at the 2009 Berlin World Championships has become the archetypal reference.
The level of thievery in Jamaica is astonishing. We seem to be on a road to self-destruction. The current scrap metal scandal is evidence of this. Our depravity seems to have no boundaries.
