Kartel vs Bounty might evoke thoughts of a cage match to the death, featuring an assortment of cake soap and hammers, or perhaps a lyrical showdown at the venerable stage show, Sting.
We had feared that Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his administration might have gone cold on, if not totally abandoned, the idea of reforming the public sector.
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story 'MP spending spree - CDF Christmas payouts overboard but politicians resist cap'.Misleading report...
Domino players understand sports-related head injuries as we've all had to dodge the occasional flying domino launched by incensed partners.Fortunately, the only player I've seen hit was The Dunce who didn't see the point...
Within the next week or so, Mr Owen Arthur, having already taken over as leader of the Opposition in Barbados' parliament, will be official recrowned as leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). Last week, the BLP's parliamentary group dethroned Mia...
The untimely, if not entirely, unexpected death last weekend of Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados robbed him of time to leave a distinctive and indelible mark on his country.
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's lead story 'Town-house turmoil: Minister's wife under fire ...
I believe that, in any good government, politics should play no direct role in governance. Ideally, politicians should only be elected based on their past, present or anticipated good works in their constituency...
Your typical French student has never met a demonstration he didn't like. It's like a rite of passage that each generation goes through; at some point, you have to take part in an anti-government protest...
THIS PAST week, George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, unveiled his plans for dealing with the country's fiscal crisis and long-term debt. He will, over the next few years, slash spending by most government departments...
Earlier this month, Mr Willie Walsh, the CEO of British Airways, warned of the damaging effect the upcoming increase in the United Kingdom's (UK) Air Passenger Duty (APD) is likely to have on travel to the Caribbean.
Toronto, Canada: Canada's 'hot' female governor general, Haitian-born Michaelle Jean wound up her five-year tour of duty September 28 with a round of ceremonial activities and a farewell address to parliamentarians at which interestingly, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and many of his Conservative colleagues were conspicuously absent.
"The work of each person will become openly known for what it is; for the day of Christ will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done."
The Editor, Sir:The recent judicial decisions to declare the election of certain persons null and void by reason of the provisions of Section 40 of the Constitution illustrated our failure to deal with problems we inherited because we were ruled by the...
With less than stellar economic growth predicted for Jamaica and the region, it was encouraging to hear the recent positive outlook of Dolphin Cove's Stafford Burrowes.
Thanks to the minutes of a meeting when members of parliament discussed it in secret, we now know Dr St Aubyn Bartlett's true feeling about the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).It is that the CDF largely finances project fit for the "creng creng",...
Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's front page story, 'PM urged to stand up for free press'....
Every year during National Heritage Week we are fed a sanitised diet - almost national myths - concerning our history and our heroes. We glory only in certain (more positive) aspects of the heritage...
About eight months ago I was visiting an old friend in San Francisco, and for reasons I couldn't then explain, I found myself betting him and his son $100 each that the Democrats would lose their majority in both houses ...
September's dramatic reduction in the murder rate by some 40 per cent should put to rest the prediction that honouring Paul Bogle in 1965 would lead to increase in violence.
