In Focus

Let's get this straight: Our priority now must be reducing our debt and fiscal deficits, lowering inflation, managing our exchange rate responsibly, and generally achieving macroeconomic stability. We must get our economic fundamentals right. Job Number One.

A former principal of St Jago High School, Mr Keith Noel, in a letter titled 'Are sports and performing arts not legitimate career goals?

Below is a statement by Amnesty International issued on February 26.ALthough the long-awaited appointment of commissioners of enquiry to probe the events surrounding the 2010 state of emergency is to be welcomed, its mandate falls short of what is...

The strong push to decriminalise ganja in Jamaica for medicinal use or scientific purposes has accelerated recently and is said to be on the parliamentary agenda for the upcoming legislative year.

It is well awaited and overdue. More than 70 persons lost their lives, and among the casualties, the least noticed was the truth.

It's an inconvenient time for Audley Shaw to come back as opposition spokesman on finance.

There is much expectation of big benefits from the logistics hub project which is to be set up in Jamaica. Only three major logistics hubs exist worldwide: Singapore, Dubai, and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

I didn't want to be an Alpha girl. Coming from Norman Gardens Primary, my first choice was not the Convent of Mercy (Alpha) Academy for high school. My plan was to attend Excelsior, like my neighbours, or St Hugh's, like my sister. When results came out and I was assigned to Alpha, I was pretty down.

This is the time of year when five men and three women compete in the annual Stephen Potter Invitational Tennis Tournament at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston.

Anyone in his right mind, and yours, would want to see the scourge of violent crimes brought under control. And Parliament has acted decisively in passing anti-gang Criminal Justice (Suppre-ssion of Criminal Organisations) Bill.

In an article titled 'Tessanne-mania is a national embarrassment', Gleaner online columnist Keiran King wrote on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, inter alia:

The potential of a girl is powerful.