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Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Below are comments from readers of www.jamaica-gleaner.com on yesterday's Gleaner exposé of Everald Warmington's apparent ineligibility to sit in Parliament because he was a dual citizen when he was elected....

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The recent Arizona assassination of District Court judge John Roll and attempted assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords should prompt us to start taking our judges' security seriously....

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The pending announcement of collaboration between the fledgling New Nation Coalition (NNC) and the jaded National Democratic Movement (NDM) marks an interesting turn of events.The NNC was formally launched last August by child...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

We are glad that Mr P.J. Patterson, the former Jamaican prime minister, has boldly brought the fact to the attention of Jamaican entrepreneurs: there are business opportunities in the redevelopment of Haiti...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

My BlackBerry met a sudden and watery death on New Year's morning, no doubt influenced by overindulgence in celebratory champagne - money down the drain.

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Persons who ought to know better have been lending their imprimatur to a dangerous mixture of falsity, misrepresentation and misapprehension about the role and function of the press in societies like our own.

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

If we should strip the Jamaican economy of the multilateral and bilateral organisations to which we are becoming increasingly indebted, what then? What if those donors and lending agencies suddenly begin to experience cash-flow challenges...

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

By last Friday afternoon, the protesters in central Cairo were chanting: "Where is the army? Come and see what the police are doing to us." And that has been the main question, really: What will be the role of the Egyptian army...

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Last week's murder of Ugandan gay-rights advocate David Kato reminds us of the hatred of homosexuals, many of whom have been forced to flee a mob of morality enforcers that have launched a name-and-shame campaign ...

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Below are comments from readers of www.jamaica-gleaner.com regarding the lead story, titled 'Idle money', in yesterday's Gleaner.draining the nationRemember Mr Knight's revelation of corruption in The Gleaner last Saturday? ...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Below is feedback from readers of www.jamaica-gleaner.com to yesterday's Sunday Gleaner lead story titled 'Sour sugar export'.Let us hope this story is followed through to its end.

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

We are surprised that Dr Rosalea Hamilton would find it vexatious for the Government to require that small businesses have up-to-date, audited accounts to qualify for some of its contracts.Dr Hamilton, apart from teaching at the University...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Youth unemployment is one of the most acute problems affecting developing countries. A lack of basic education ranks high among the reasons for this problem. However, youth unemployment is compounded by the fact...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

I used to enjoy watching boxing, but the idea of two people fighting, trying to harm each other over money, the crowd screaming with glee whenever someone is suffering, in pain, out cold and could be left with irreparable brain damage or worse..

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It will require the recapture of Nicholas Nesbeth for the police to ease the embarrassment they must feel over the release/escape from lock-up last week, after the hoopla over his initial capture.But beyond whatever shame they may feel...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

For years, scholars have spoken of the Arab 'street' - the metaphor for the bottled rage of ordinary Arabs, whose vibrant civil societies are repressed by authoritarian and, all too often, United States-aligned regimes.

Published:Sunday | January 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Professor Don Robotham makes a suggestion that, at first blush, may for Mike Henry, the minister of transport and works, be blood-boiling provocation. Professor Robotham...proposes that the Government put aside 10 per cent of US$40 million (J$3.44 billion) of the money for the Chinese-funded Jamaica Development and Infrastructure Project (JDIP) "purely to upgrade the skills of young workers".

Published:Sunday | January 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Even as President Obama was talking up the American economy in his State of the Union address and receiving endorsements from United States (US) business and labour leaders for his bold investment plans, events that could cause geopolitical tremors were unfolding in North Africa and the Persian Gulf.

Published:Sunday | January 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Well, not quite. The evasive obituary on the Calabash website discreetly fails to give any information about why this truly grand literary festival has suddenly died a very unnatural death. It's as though the collapse occurred in rather compromising circumstances and the corpse has to be carefully arranged in a posture of casual innocence.

Published:Sunday | January 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

What is the economic condition of Jamaican youth? When we look at the data, six points stand out: First, the youth population, although still large, is declining. Second, the issue of improving youth literacy and numeracy is a crucial one for all categories of youth.

Published:Sunday | January 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Our prime minister's use of the parliamentary platform to comment on proposed fees in a particular case is indeed unfortunate, as once again he runs the risk of blurring the lines between Government and party.

Published:Saturday | January 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The minimum wage has been raised a whopping $86 more per day, and already there are cries about this huge increase. Some public-sector workers who have to hold strain under the Memorandum of Understanding are livid that they cannot afford to pay such a large sum, because they have not got an increase.

Published:Saturday | January 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Just when citizens were beginning to believe that the Jamaica Constabulary Force was undergoing transformation on the way to becoming a professional organisation deserving of their trust, we are digesting the news that an alleged gangster was mistakenly released two days after his capture.

Published:Saturday | January 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

"This year we will experience four unusual dates: 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11. NOW go figure this out: take the last two digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be this year and it WILL EQUAL ... 111." I got this from one of my many colleagues, friends and family who regale and sometimes swamp me with stuff that they feel will appeal to my insatiable curiosity and unbreakable funny bone.

Published:Saturday | January 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Kingston has been infamous for its infrastructural dereliction. Whether it is abandoned buildings or garbage-strewn streets, the capital has always been an eyesore. However, sewage running along several streets of the city is untenable.

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