Commentary

It is not enough for the Golding administration, as it has done through its national security minister, Mr Dwight Nelson, to react with mere hubris and anger.That suggests the administration is inviting Jamaicans to infer that the dispatches from...

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com from readers' reaction to yesterday's lead story, 'Teachers flunk'.Wrong qualificationsMany teachers are upgrading their qualifications but not in their...

RESPONDING PREDICTABLY to the proposal by the Government to relocate Up Park Camp, the voices of opposition are growing louder and louder.So far, we have heard that there are historical strings which ought not to be severed.

I felt obligated to give my views on the disastrous path we appear to be taking to seriously damage the tourism industry. We have been piling tax upon tax on our visitors for giving them the privilege of spending their hard-earned...

The mild, mild, milquetoast west, driven mainly by pedestrian American media, is obsessed with analysing relationships. The American talk show TV revolution experienced since Joe Franklin's trendsetting 1951 debut has been...

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com from readers reacting to yesterday's lead story 'Liquor tax licks hotels'...

Tomorrow, the Italian parliament holds a confidence vote on embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Given the divisions on both the governing and opposition sides of Italian politics, there is a good chance this vote...

Whether you liked, disliked or disagreed with him - which many did - you couldn't help but respect John Maxwell, the Jamaican journalist, who died last Friday from cancer of the throat, aged 76.Maxwell started his career at this newspaper in 1952...

The dual-citizenship matter has again resurfaced. Another by-election is to be held. This time it is in the North East St Ann constituency. But why, I wonder, are we still devoting so much time to this matter?

In Jamaica, oft-repeated 'claims' have a way of swiftly becoming 'gospel', and especially in relation to matters that are not closely scrutinised. Generally, many people do not pay careful enough attention to current affairs, and Jamaicans in particular tend to listen to those who shout the loudest...

I write in response to the unfortunate article written about me and my work by Dr William Aiken and published in The Gleaner on December 7, titled 'Prostate cancer breakthrough: Overstated and premature'.

This week's thrilling finals of the annual (TVJ) Junior Schools' Challenge Quiz provided inspiration for many who watched the programme. The finalists from Mona Preparatory and Allman Town Primary displayed poise, competence, intelligence, and tenacity. And if we believe that education is strongly linked to economic empowerment, then these children hold great prospects for the future.