Commentary

The Editor, Sir:The apparent disquiet found in the independence of thought that exists between the Office of the Contractor General, the director of public prosecutions and the member of parliament with his team was signalled on Thursday, September 30...

I lived on two golf courses and have never played golf.

This week's flood rains, with its loss of life and damage to infrastructure, will have added to the many problems that Prime Minister Bruce Golding may feel the gods are piling unfairly upon him.The economy, already in bad shape, will now worsen.

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers reacting to yesterday's article 'Budget busted!' re the likely impact of the this week's rains on the national budget.No emergency plans?When there's major rain, or any type...

Sports fans around the world are hanging on to his every word and noting every gesture made by the man who is currently the centre of attention at the site of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi....

This newspaper has the highest regard for the efforts of the contractor general, Mr Greg Christie, to have public officials adhere to the Government's procurement procedures and regulations.Indeed, no one could claim Mr Christie has been anything ...

MANATT, PHELPS & Phillips, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. No, I am not going crazy or begging a job nor did someone challenge me to successfully complete a tongue twister....

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers to yesterday's cover story 'Health emergency' that reported that patients were unable to obtain treatment at several of the island's public-health facilities ...

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers to 'No place for State', yesterday's report on Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) chairman Wayne Chen warning the Government not to get "too involved" in the issue...

We have always known that politicians are averse to transparency, especially when it comes to being held accountable over their management of the public resources.Dishing out pork is better done in the absence of accountability.Should anyone need proof...

There is, it seems, renewed and heightened optimism among Jamaican energy officials of oil and natural gas being found either on land or off the island's coast, or both.We hope that these expectations are realised, and in that regard, wish to associate...

A decade and a half ago, I wrote an account of Dawn's last one-woman show in Jamaica and her first exhibition in Washington, DC. Making no concessions to the passage of time, I reproduce it here in celebration of my friend's penetrating intellect, her full-moon imagination and her joyful, belly-bottom laughter.