A TOTAL collapse of the moral-spiritual world has occurred over the last four decades. Decency, kindness, a love of God, His commandments, proper behaviour and the Church have become museum pieces ...
WE WONDER what background checks, if any, Prime Minister Bruce Golding caused to be conducted on the members of his new Cabinet, and whether prospective ministers were required to provide the PM with any assurances about their lifestyles....
EVERY TIME I think about what has led to the poverty one sees in some black states, or the situation of the black and brown races of the world - I wonder.For years the iniquitous apartheid regime in South Africa prospered because the powerful countries...
THE EVENTS leading up to Jamaica's independence moved at a fast pace between 1958 and 1962.The West Indies Federation, formed on January 3, 1958, had raised many questions in the minds of Jamaicans. First of all, the choice of Chaguaramas ...
We have long felt, and made it known, that Mr Delroy Chuck, lately the speaker of the House, should be a member of the Cabinet.In fact, we advocated for his assumption of the justice portfolio in place of Ms Dorothy Lightbourne who, contrary to...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I WAS pleased to read in The Gleaner of Tuesday, June 28 that "Prime Minister Bruce Golding has also proposed that Jamaica say bye-bye to the Queen (Elizabeth II) as head of state before Independence Day next year".
NOT TOO much attention has been paid to the fact that folks in St Catherine woke up to a brand new day Monday in which they were able to board the train to get to work and various other destinations to conduct their...
In my opinion, for 50 years, Lawrence Rowe has been the West Indies' best batsman.There've been better cricketers; more consistent producers; but none equalled his batting technique or style.
I have listened to recent comments made by key officials in the education ministry with regards to revamping the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in the near future...
It is 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, a normal workday, and my entire office staff is sitting in darkness, enduring our fifth - or is it sixth - prolonged power outage for the year at our business place...
It is not entirely a coincidence, we believe, that nearly 80 per cent of Jamaicans believe that our Government should listen to, and embrace, the advice business leaders, and more specifically, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)...
Start with a couple of simple figures. In the late 1940s, when Western countries created ambitious welfare states - public pensions, public health care, and the like - the average life expectancy there averaged in the high 60s...
People often mistakenly or wilfully confuse a social conscience with politicking. These are usually polar opposites that bear absolutely no resemblance to each other. Politicking is often ideologically and/or materialistically self-serving...
It has been clear since early in the Christopher Coke extradition contretemps, and essentially confirmed by Mr Karl Samuda, that the episode seriously stressed the relationship with Prime Minister Bruce Golding.As general secretary of the ruling Jamaica...
It may be, as both sides, especially Kingston, have recently been suggesting, that relations between the United States and Jamaica are again good and healthy after the frostiness over the Christopher...
Former Justice Minister and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne gives her take on issues surrounding the 'Dudus' extradition and her recent removal from the Cabinet..
Last week, I pointed to the political-economic conundrum that is stymieing policymaking in critical areas where Americans need to carry out reforms if they are to maintain their dominance in the global economy.
It took just a few hours for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former leading steward of the world economy, and contender for the French presidency, to fall from grace, accused of molesting a maid in a posh New York hotel.
