Commentary

Sometime ago, I read the research findings of psychiatrist Fred Hickling and psychologist Vanessa Paisley, as reported in The Gleaner recently.

THE EDITOR, Sir:I recently watched with dismay the rather disgusting behaviour of members of parliament from both sides of the political divide that occurred at Gordon House recently.

Thursday was a red-letter day for Trelawny as the historic port of Falmouth welcomed the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' (RCCL) Voyager of the Seas super liner with some 3,000 passengers.From afar, it was evident that...

Below is some of the feedback from our online readers to yesterday's story titled 'Phillips, Phipps clash over MOUs'.Address the real issuesFrank Phipps and Peter Phillips went on for two days about a couple of MOUs.

My attention has been drawn by a reader to an article in the online service of a British newspaper, the Mail Online, titled 'Life and death in the police state of Jamaica: The scandal of the officers who double as state executioners'.

"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is powerful enough to transform you in a moment." - Barbara de Angelis...

LAST MONTH, the Youthlink history dealt with the topic 'The Road to Emancipation' and used the multiple choice form to teach about the Somerset case.

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) knows it is being hypocritical about the Golding administration's decision to postpone the local government elections that were due by this March.Of course, no one believes that the delay is in furtherance ...

Given its content, we are surprised that the recent speech in Mandeville by Senator Arthur Williams, the junior finance minister with responsibility for public-sector salaries, has not attracted more attention and debate.Mr Williams spoke with...

To his credit, Education Minister Andrew Holness, in an address to the Jamaica Employers' Federation, acknowledged that measuring a teacher's contribution to a student's performance was a complex issue, as many factors...

Some years ago, Jamaica's education ministry launched what it called its Safe Schools initiative, under which specially trained police personnel are stationed in at-risk schools to intervene in and help defuse problems often related to criminal violence...

Dr Gladstone Hutchinson, the director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), has made the case, perhaps with even greater clarity than we have, for the need for a full, frank and open discourse on the energy source that Jamaica should...