In Focus

Gleaner Online columnist Michael Abrahams has quickly learned what will stir up mass public response and deliver a big bang for a little buck. And he's working the formula to the max. Religion is one of those things, especially broadsides against...

Corporal punishment violates the rights of children in relation to their physical (bodily) integrity and human dignity (sense of self-respect/self-worth). It can impact children's rights to education, development, and health by causing serious...

Below is a heartful reminiscence by a Winsome Dobson, in a letter to The Gleaner published on January 22, 2005."It is my conviction that when a person makes a difference in another's life, no matter how minuscule, credit must be given to that person...

It is the Christmas season once again. For some of us it brings fond memories of growing up with traditions that focused on attending church on Christmas morning, carol singing, going to grand market, making sorrel and Christmas pudding, smelling...

Jamaica has achieved significant gains in electoral reform and transformation over the last 30 years.The country's successes in this area stand as a model for many countries internationally; some have come to examine our system, while others have...

When you meet them, you want to stay as far from them as possible. That is why I do not participate in witch-hunts. Which hunt? That which seeks to find a magic answer for the mysterious events that now lead to the start of disciplinary proceedings...

"Extremism in the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice."- Lyndon Baines Johnson, speech in New York in reply to Barry Goldwater, October 31, 1964.The Americans are in a tizzy. And it should come as no surprise that the person behind...

When asked for the most important life lesson I've ever learned, I always answer, "Nothing is as it appears."For example, it appears the DPP has seen the light now brightly shining as a result of a process beginning with her legally weak ruling in...

Something is happening in the hills of East Rural St Andrew! It could be big! I hope it gets really big! And it's not Juliet Holness' late candidacy for the JLP for the constituency.I'm glad that Mrs Holness' candidacy didn't crowd out the front...

One of the largest meetings of world leaders opened last week in Paris as nearly 200 countries began a two-week conference looking at the issue of climate change. It is an issue that cannot be overemphasised. Jamaica is among those small island developing states that are gravely affected by climate change, both in terms of our vulnerability to natural hazards and our water woes and environmental degradation....

Climate change has been one of the most pressing issues on the global agenda for some time. But few were listening.Today's state of the environment makes a compelling case for governments the world over to position climate change at the centre of...

I am going to remind my friend, Comrade Dr Fenton Ferguson, that despite the propaganda of the yes-men who call me often to say what a perfect job he is doing, the first word in the name of his party is people.Having finally got the anti-smoking...