Even trained conservative clergypersons admit having difficulties explaining what our Lord Jesus Christ meant when he said, "... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword ..." (Mt 10:34b) in light of Jesus' lovey-dovey general behaviour in the New Testament.
There are clear indications that there are persons in the Ministry of Health who want to foster creativity and innovation in their management of the health sector. We refer to the plan to lure doctors to rural health-care facilities through a programme of incentives.
You never read about a plane that did not crash or about the laws a politician did not break. This is the nature of our daily news. It is called the 'man bites dog' phenomenon or the statement made by a news editor...
IS PRIME Minister Bruce Golding's recent call for greater accountability by the media justifiable? After all, the media, as the watchdog of democracy, hold everybody's feet to the fire of accountability...
Below is feedback from online readers of www.jamaica-gleaner.com on Bert Samuels' letter chastising the prime minister for criticism re the cost of legal fees.PM right this timeThis clearly is posturing on the part of the lawyers.
For me, the Manatt-Dudus enquiry has already thrown up interesting information. One of the issues the commission of enquiry (CoE) is supposed to resolve is, 'Who hired Manatt, Phelps & Phillips?' Prior to the CoE...
Mr Audley Shaw's Public Accountability Inspectorate (PAI) probably has value, assuming it helps the finance minister to identify, and staunch the misuse of public funds.
BASIL DAWKINS' play, A State of Affairs could easily be also called 'Sex in Church' as it deals with issues of sexuality of church members -young and old - and one of the settings is in the church office's counselling room.
Two apparently separate yet related events in Jamaica in recent days should boost the optimism of the Golding administration that a revival of the economy may not be far off after 13 consecutive quarters of decline.But there are questions over whether...
The problem - Jamaica not producing enough! That's why some of us don't get enough money when we work, or some don't have any work at all!The reason...
A RECENT letter to the editor, in response to the prime minister's call for the development of more visitor attractions to enhance the tourism landscape, pointed to the Denbigh Showgrounds, Milk River Bath, and the Bull Head...
IT HAS operated, so far, for only two days.The jury, therefore, is still out on the efficacy of the new transportation management arrangements in downtown Kingston.
Below is feedback from online readers of www.jamaica-gleaner.com on the issue of the commission of enquiry into the Manatt and Dudus extradition controversies.Will the PM resign?It is quite apparent that the Government sullied our character...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ...we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
The headline 'Wills of the famous revealed' grabbed my attention as soon as I turned on my computer.To think that one is able to go online and find the wills and last testaments of famous and influential people is one more reason...
We make no comment on the investigation by the Office of the Contractor General of alleged lack of transparency of the deal, or the sale price of US$40 million, including a US$32.5-million vendor's mortgage.But Prime Minister Bruce Golding has...
Re: Trinidad's intention to enforce the death penaltyJamaica should take a lesson from trinidadCongratulations to Mrs Persad-Bissessar, PM of Trinidad and Tobago.
One of the most daunting tasks in any public debate in Jamaica is to get the 'debaters' to rid themselves of the urge to be led by their emotions rather than underpin their arguments by facts, instead of gut feeling...
I was recently ambushed by three young women while on my way to the pharmacy. They were peddling small chocolate bars and peanuts in a desperate effort to earn a little money. One, a 22-year-old, gave me her telephone number...
These days when technology has shrunk the world and communication is almost instant, it took an inordinately long time for our foreign minister, Dr Ken Baugh, to speak directly to his Honduran counterpart, Mario Canahuati, about the incident near...
Below is feedback from online readers of jamaica-gleaner.com on yesterday's story 'Going mental'.Change in parenting styles neededI would agree with this.
Here's a simple, but telling, statistical comparison. By my calculation, in her speech last week to mark the Tucson massacre, Sarah Palin spent a little over 17 per cent of her time mourning the victims...
Mr Edmund Bartlett, the tourism minister, deserves congratulations not only for the idea, but for the assembling, of such a distinguished group of business leaders, including some of world...
Two events have occurred within the last few days that have reinforced my conviction that Jamaica needs a single anti-corruption agency with powers of investigation, arrest,...
