In Focus

The Goat Islands/Portland Bright issue has been in the spotlight since China proposed a massive infusion of capital to port development. There have also been ongoing email campaigns that have suddenly surfaced, lobbying against this project.

IN RESPONSE to Ms Sonia King's request in The Gleaner, of Friday, September 20, 2013, I am confirming that Dr Ivan Lloyd was indeed the People's National Party (PNP) opposition leader from December 1944 to December 1949, concurrent with Norman Manley's...

The introduction by Pryce was brief, as he prefers it to be, and then for a moment, I thought that I had missed the Comrade leader's speech because the fat lady was singing.

Christopher Zacca is a man on a mission.

Too many of their methods and attitudes mystify me.

The new smoking regulations have generated much discussion about the uncertainty of where smoking is allowed, whether the regulations are draconian, and also whether there was sufficient consultation with stakeholders prior to their promulgation....

You could almost forget that today is the public session of not just a People's National Party (PNP) annual conference - usually a big media event - but a special 75th-anniversary conference...

"Shoot first and then ask later." This was what former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Minister and Prime Minister Hugh Lawson Shearer was reputed to have said as he sought to face what was purported to be a threat posed by criminal elements. ...

Two Sundays ago would have been a disaster of sorts if not for a good Samaritan named Henzert Mullings, better known as 'Mallit'....

During the recent parliamentary debate on the minimum wage, I made a point about the separation of minimum wage and minimum income...

The Syrian crisis proves that being the world's sole superpower and having the mightiest military, naval power and economy in the world does not mean you can do whatever you want. President Barack Obama is the most powerful man in the world, but he is sure not feeling that way today.

Transport Minister Dr Omar Davies and Prime Minister Portia Simpson have effectively painted a damning portrait of environmentalists as idle, rich people with lots of time on their hands and who are committed to preserving their status quo - in the process keeping poor Jamaicans rooted at the bottom of the economic ladder.