What happened before the shooting? - While it is certainly a fact that two wrongs do not make a right, I thought I read that the individual that the cops shot in Buckfield...
The Editor, Sir: The Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr said that "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere."Now that we have the hard evidence, the blind leaders of the Jamaica Constabulary Force can see.
Talking is a vital part of every domino game. A silent domino game is one that'll soon end. In addition to the obligatory "sledging" and derogatory humour regarding the level of opponents' play...
UNDER THE decentralised structure of the University of the West Indies (UWI), the Mona campus relies on the Jamaican Government for over 70 per cent of its budget.So, it is not surprising that with the Jamaican Government under...
On July 22, President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia accused Venezuela of allowing left-wing Colombian rebels to have bases on the Venezuelan side of the 2,000-km.
In spite of decades of unbridled criminality and a world-record per capita murder rate, it took an apparent attempt at secession, a mini-rebellion and an outright assault on civil society for Jamaica to take the fight to the criminal entities...
WE WARNED a week ago against Jamaica falling into a false sense of security over the reopening by UC Rusal of its 650,000 tonne alumina refinery at Ewarton, St Catherine.After all, Rusal's 1.1 million refinery at Naine...
In an article titled “Courageous Leadership Needed” published in The Sunday Gleaner on October 7, 2007, I wrote: “As a nation, we are at a critical juncture – the results of the general election show this; the tumultuous...
Bruce, my son, it’s not everybody who is destined to be prime minister. Trust me. I know you’re not going to want to hear this. But I am God. And I have to speak the truth. You see this business of being prime minister? It’s not easy. Not at all.
The television news of last Friday night presented us with horrifying video images of a person identified as a police officer shooting an unarmed man lying defenceless on the ground.
At the Denbigh showgrounds over the next few days, agricultural interests will preen about recovery in the sector and make pretty speeches about its future.
About this time last year, I wrote about the build-up of airport traffic of non-resident Jamaicans coming home to celebrate the Emancipation and Independence holidays with their relatives.
It is becoming clear that the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) believes Jamaica's crime problem emanates from one source - Tivoli Gardens, the ruling JLP's enclave in western Kingston. What is not clear is whether this is an old conviction or new opportunism.
There are nights, knights and, then again, nights. For example, the Beatles came up with the term A Hard Day's Night which was both a song and movie title:
In a recent survey of crime in Jamaica, nearly 14 per cent of those who had been victimised over the past year were farmers who had had their crops stolen.
In Greek mythology, the apple of discord was promised, delivered and created chaos and even war. Here in Jamaica, there is too much discord, chaos and an undeclared war.
The weeklong Independence celebrations of 1962 culminated with the opening of the IX Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) at the National Stadium on Saturday, August 11. The stadium had already hosted its first-ever...
Last weekend, Jamaica won the silver medal in the CAC Games rugby competition. There will not be a fanfare over this, as rugby is not a very popular sport in Jamaica...
The Editor, Sir: Bravo to the Office of the Contractor General for attempting to safeguard public assets, which might be frittered away through a corrupt contracting process.
If nothing else, the Christopher Coke affair should have taught Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his administration that the Jamaican people are in no mood to tolerate the protection, perceived or actual, of alleged criminals by politicians....
