Commentary

Frustration was etched on the face of Police Commissioner Owen Ellington as he visited a crime scene in downtown Kingston on Thursday, where a wholesaler had been shot by thugs. Speaking amid the chaotic mix of vendors, unsightly stalls and garbage, the commissioner cited the difficulties encountered in policing the crime-weary commercial centre of the capital.

Catchphrases and slogans don't have to make sense - they appeal to the imagination instead of the intellect. They grab you because they have an arresting turn of phrase, a novel form of expression or make you see the familiar in a new way. They resonate by making the ordinary seem extraordinary.

Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), chaired by Opposition House member, Dr Wykeham McNeill, has been holding hearings on the Government's green paper on the transformation of the public sector with, unfortunately...

I appreciate the response (September 19) of Professor Miller, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), to my column (September 10) titled 'Shame, Professor Miller'.

So the trumpet has sounded and the bells are being polished, and it seems as if we are off on the political hustings again.The old hymns are being trotted out and the pontificating, or the 'demonisation' - depending on how you...

My recent article 'Intolerance of God' (September 2) elicited 17 comments online. The vast majority of the responses were not supportive of my position. There are many who claim that they do not believe in God...

THERE CAN be no denying that the People's National Party (PNP) was able to muster a huge crowd for the public session of its annual conference at the National Arena on Sunday.So, the party may be getting good again at mobilising and firing up its core...

SHORTLY AFTER five on a March morning in 2001, the serenity of Portmore was shattered by the piercing bark of gunshots.

Very early on in these impositions on your time and patience, I wrote a column on leadership in which I proposed that the very best synonym for 'leadership' is 'example'. Recently, I've benefited from one of the very best...

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted on by online readers relating to yesterday's lead story 'Portia vows tax breaks'...

Public opinion is understandably scandalised by what appears to have been Shahine Robinson's abuse of the processes of the court until she could no longer get away with it. Indeed, the by-now-ex-North-East St Ann MP only dropped her fight to stay...