Commentary

They are hailed and venerated and called honourable before their faces. But that is just Jamaican 'anancyism' - the fine art of the cynic. The truth is that more than any other class of persons, surveys consistently show that Jamaicans hold politicians in low esteem.

Maxi Priest and Shabba, yes. But Professor Chevannes and Shabba Ranks? I can just hear the kissing teeth. Shabba Ranks, the first dancehall DJ to 'bust big' on the international stage, is no academic. And top-ranking academic Prof Chevannes was no DJ. Nevertheless, both men share a common passion, the roots of which run deep.

I have had the opportunity of examining many financial statements, particularly in the first six years after returning to Jamaica in 1974, having been first, a commercial credit officer at Jamaica Citizens Bank (JCB), and then a director/financial controller at the Industrial Commercial Development Group (ICD).

The Editor, Sir:THE MATTER of statutory deductions and their remittances on behalf of employees has long been a snag in the lives of retired people, and I would be grateful if you could try to get some answers from the National Housing Trust (NHT) and...

It has been almost a year since I last visited Jamaica, and almost three years since I was in Montego Bay meeting with the aptly initialled R.A.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has not publicly said why he invited him or what he expects from the two-day visit to Jamaica by Colombia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos.But President Santos' presence in Jamaica offers an opportunity for the symbolic...

Les Green's revelation that the Jamaican authorities have, over the past four years, been forced to give back nearly 90 per cent of the cash they seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act is not only startling, but in need of further and deeper...

Jamaica's indigenous culture remains the saving grace for a country battered by crime, economic woes, indiscipline, natural disasters, and political wranglings.We have been repeatedly savaged by acts of violence and a coarseness...

An urgent sense of responsibility impels me to make a forward step from the position I have taken that the Constituency Development Fund should not be scrapped.

LADIES AND gentlemen of the world community, my name is Jamaica and I would like to manage your hard-earned money. Heretofore, you have known me simply as that aesthetically endowed Caribbean nation replete with white-sand beaches...

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story, 'Come Clean: Thwaites urges MPs to declare citizenship status as election looms'.Dual citizenship feeds manyDeacon...

THE RECENT news that Jamaicans top the number of criminals in United Kingdom jails was quite embarrassing, although not surprising. Added to that is the fact that more than 1,500 of our compatriots are in United States federal prisons...