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Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

More than 40 years ago, I started studying to become a doctor. It didn't take long for me to realise I'd undertaken a 24-hour-per-day task. So that unwelcome interference to my life's priority (studying the horse racing form) was quickly scrapped.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

I make reference to an article in the October 16, 2013 Gleaner titled 'BOJ won't accept disorder in forex market - Wynter'.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

My advice to you is to bet in moderation, if you think you have to. I am not a gambler. I have never bought a Lotto or Super Lotto ticket, or a Cash Pot ticket, for that matter

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Next year will be a big year in South Africa, a very big year. And perhaps one should have postponed visiting until 2014. But business before pleasure.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The number-one reason most thinking - and even non-thinking - atheists have rejected God is not because of science but because of the problem of evil.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

There is a difference between tearing down a set of heroes and simply elevating others to the level.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

In a series of essays on the existence of God, Pastor Boyne scolded Jamaican atheists for what he believes to be their ignorance of the latest philosophical thinking. However, if it is the pastor's intention to be taken seriously, he must first show that his hand-picked philosophers have something fresh and consequential to say. Regrettably, this has not been the case so far.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The other day someone asked me: Why don't we smile as much as we used to? What happened to that wide, instinctive Caribbean smile we were so famous for? Where did our grin go?

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

In so far as the Electoral Office was concerned, I noted that "in no previous election has the Electoral Office ever been involved in distorting the electoral process ... . No single final voters' list was produced.

Published:Sunday | October 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

This is the second instalment of a lightly edited presentation by Claude Clarke to the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association Annual Awards Banquet 2013.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Some of the facts established in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) landmark original jurisdiction decision in the matter Shanique Myrie v Barbados make for uncomfortable reading.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

There has been significant criticism of the Barbadian government and its agents (immigration officials), in light of the Shanique Myrie case.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Worldwide, alumni have lifelong affinities to alma maters.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

From the very first general election in Jamaica in 1944, it became apparent that the results of voting under the introduction of adult suffrage could be perverted by bogus voting.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Over the last two weeks, Ian Boyne decided to call a spade a spade as far as us annoying atheists are concerned.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Seymour Mullings was one of two stalwarts of the People's National Party (PNP) over the past 30 years or so who commanded unwavering respect in Jamaica by displaying seemingly apolitical tendencies.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

At least, the one thing that gives me satisfaction is that none of the current crop of politicians is going to find a way into the national heroes' pantheon.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

This is a lightly edited presentation by Claude Clarke to the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association Annual Awards Banquet 2013.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

It is not often that we have a high level of interest to invest in Jamaica as we have now in the 115MW renewable energy process.

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Below is commentary by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

President Barack Obama has always had, if not the support, the empathy of most Jamaicans.l

Published:Sunday | October 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

There is no knockout, ineluctable argument or set of arguments for the existence of God which no reasonable person can possibly counter.

Published:Sunday | October 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Caribbean consists of small and large economies with diverse resource endowments, economic bases, and market sizes. Except for Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), all other countries of the region rely on imported liquid fuels to meet their energy needs.

Published:Sunday | October 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The arrogance and hubris of some atheists, particularly those who are scientists with little training in philosophy, can be enormously grating. There is a triumphalism and scorn about non-scientific ways of knowing - a phrase that would be dismissed as nonsensical - that is pathetic.

Published:Sunday | October 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

This is really a 'foul' fight, and this cockroach doesn't belong in the middle. After all, two wrongs can't make one Labourite. 'Man-a-Yard' Audley Shaw must have awakened and smelled the coffee, and Andrew Holness knows he is in for a fight for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

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