Commentary

Because Jamaicans are extremely politically polarised, because so many from all classes depend (directly or indirectly) on politics for their daily bread, because many scrutinise articles such as this with the precision of an electron scanning...

It is now well over a year since Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding initiated the latest round of discussions on public-sector reform, declaring it to be a matter of great import, demanding immediate attention. So urgent was the matter that the PM...

Last week, we discussed some basic data on the condition of our employed youth.

Here is my question: Has the Government of Jamaica developed an agenda to demoralise the principals of secondary schools?I have started to wonder because of a series of actions carried out by the Government.

THE EDITOR, Sir:It is almost eight months since Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was extradited.

THE EDITOR, Sir:To those who've gone before us, to those who took buses to Washington, to those who dared to speak, to those who walked long distances to make their statements, to those who opened doors for us.

The angry two-day protest staged by teachers, parents and students of the Balaclava High School was not the best way for teachers to highlight concerns over the appointment of a new principal.

Below are comments from readers of www.jamaica-gleaner.com regarding yesterday's lead story, 'Give me another Christie'.hollow complimentThe PM yearns for someone of Mr Christie's mettle to be the country's special prosecutor...

IT WOULD be easy for our Government, and Jamaicans generally, to assume that there are no parallels between the violent uprising in Egypt against the long-serving President Hosni Mubarak, or the revolt in Tunisia that chucked out the dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. ...

KHOW CONFIDENT are we in our 'Jamaicaness'? When we judge ourselves, what frame of reference do we use - is it one that we have created for ourselves or is it one which has been imposed upon us?Think, for a minute, what comes to...

Without prejudice to whatever Contractor General Greg Christie's may find in his investigation of the government's planned sale to Gordon 'Butch' Stewart of the Sandals Whitehouse property, this newspaper believed that Prime Minister Bruce Golding made...

THE ROYAL wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be a spectacular event attracting global attention.Buckingham Palace appears to have mislaid my invitation, but nevertheless I will have a front pew seat from my...