Commentary

In 1974, Jamaicans witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of senseless gun murders. The crime rate was fuelled by the obvious fact that there were too many guns in the hands of young, hopeless, unemployed men who were easily hire...

Coke's capture - Below is a sampling of online readers' reactions to Wednesday's capture of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.I am happy that Christopher Coke is now in the hands of the Jamaican authorities; however, I am afraid for him.

No offshore banking - Proposals for Jamaica to become an offshore financial centre has been put on the back burner since Don Wehby went back to GraceKennedy.

The results of the recent GSAT exams have now been published and the usual complaints are being voiced by parents whose children were not placed at their schools of first choice.

We have no reason to doubt that the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) adheres to the Government's procurement guidelines, as it has been so busily protesting.With regard to those arrangements for which it may have had to draw cheques...

I'm no fan of Jamaican media but must admit that local media coverage of the extradition/Manatt issues and the initial attempts to cover the recent security forces operations in west Kingston deserve high praise.

Support the security forces - I am just a little disturbed with people calling in to radio talk shows condemning the action of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in carrying out...

THIS NEWSPAPER shares with many Jamaicans a sense of déjà vu over the mini controversy that erupted last week between Dr Michael Pollanen, the pathologist who was invited by the Office of the Public Defender to observe the...

DEAR GOD, it's me, Bruce."Don't provoke me to wrath.

We are all aware of the often-used statement, 'A man's home is his castle'.

I SOMETIMES wonder if Jamaica will ever be the kind of place where peace, stability and justice can be experienced by all. Why do I say this? Jamaican leadership, the business community, the churches, the scholars, the entire nation, those at home and those abroad, have sat back enjoying their 'I'm-all-right- Jack' attitude, while gangsters ride roughshod over the rights and feelings of ordinary Jamaicans.

"FOOTBALL IS like a car. You've got five gears and the trouble with England teams is that they drive all the time in fourth or fifth." This was the view of Ruud Gullit, the once dreadlocked Dutch footballer and Chelsea manager.