Commentary

As life's journey brings me closer to my Maker, my torment from the younger generation's Americanisation of my native tongue increases exponentially. Their latest insult to the language is the intemperate use of "feisty" when...

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story 'Crusade against secrecy: Public barred from viewing financial disclosures of elected officials'...

Long before the rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole inundated our little island and further destroyed our roads, many main and residential roadways were in deplorable conditions.

Much sound and fury has been directed at the local banking sector for its resistance to cutting lending rates to fully reflect the reduction in interest rates orchestrated by the Government through the Jamaica Debt Exchange...

Beyond highlighting the extent of his frustration with Jamaica's pervasive and expanding squatter settlements and their attendant problems, Senator Dennis Meadows' intervention on the subject in the Senate...

Fatalities on construction sites are on the increase with Thursday's death of two men working on a pipe-laying project in the Barbican area adding to the statistics. These latest deaths have not only drawn attention to the hazards faced by construction workers but have shown up the inadequacy of our rescue response apparatus.

Since the occupation by the security forces earlier this year of Tivoli Gardens, headquarters of the infamous Shower Posse, the homicide rate across Jamaica has declined considerably.

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story, 'DPP tackles Pusey'.Incompetence or bias?"Considering the conduct of the trial judge...

With the rapid approach of Christmas, the traffic has started to back up again.Thank goodness for the highway and wider roads, but it is still an arduous task driving around Kingston or going back and forth on our rural roads.

November marks 20 years since I began writing opinion pieces. It began when Franklyn McKnight, then editor of The Herald, asked me to write one article for publication each Sunday. Either he appreciated the article or he got a good feedback...

There are 11,400 foreign nationals in Britain's prisons, and with a dramatically reduced budget, Justice Minister Ken Clarke wants them to complete their sentences in their home countries.

RECENTLY, THERE has been a spattering of calls, led most vociferously by the Reverend Al Miller, for the implementation of a gun-amnesty programme. I suppose in the unlikely event that Rev Al is ever found with a carload of illegal guns...