WiDESPREAD Outrage has greeted the acquittal of Jamaican policeman, Sergeant Lloyd Kelly, who was allegedly caught on camera shooting Ian Lloyd, a man who was comparatively harmless.
In 2005, I was profoundly disapopeted when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a former Hitler Youth, was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pontiff, and head of state of the smallest country on earth, the Holy See, or Vatican City.
His name did not appear in the lists of papal contenders published in the leading electronic and print media globally, and even when one magazine got the country (Argentina) right, it was the wrong cardinal who had the bet.
"On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.," the news release says, "residents from Tivoli Gardens and west Kingston will be assembling at Half-Way Tree Square for a rally and march to Jamaica House to deliver a petition addressed to the prime minister demanding an international enquiry into the May 2010 massacre by the security forces."
Fifteen years ago, elections in Venezuela were not very democratic affairs, confined to nasty battles between two factions within the country's elite, and largely excluding any representation of the interests of the majority poor, except to temporarily...
I noted with great interest, the article by Mr Edward Seaga two Sundays ago regarding growth in the Jamaican economy, in which he opined that it could be on the horizon.I wondered when we would all begin to recognise that rather than focusing only on an...
I came across a very interesting article published November 7, 2012, titled 'Remembrance Day Special - Guarding Jamaica', by Herman Silochan of The Caribbean Camera from which I will quote extensively.
I have to thank Douglas Lindo of Bellindo Ltd. I heard him speaking on radio about what it has taken and will take for his business to survive in this extended recession.
On Peace Day last Tuesday, the travelling Caribbean Court of Justice was sitting in Jamaica to hear the discrimination case brought against the Barbadian government by Jamaican citizen Shanique Myrie.
Last Wednesday's announcement by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke about cutting the number of fishers operating on the Pedro Cays to 380, as part of the overall effort to crack down on illegal fishing activities and halt environmental degradation, would have been laudable, if it was workable.
One can argue that the wage freeze will protect thousands of public-sector jobs and, therefore, it will benefit workers more than the Government. After all, the Government and workers are between a solid rock and a hard place and cannot squeeze milk from stone.
I cannot remain silent in the face of the manipulative and deeply disrespectful attitude of most great media names who have been yielding again to the rehash of the usual platitudes, demonstrating lack of analysis as well as elementary respect for truth with base attacks on His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, in the wake of his resignation and the impending conclave.
It's a measure of how pathetic we've become that we cant't even express sadness at the passing of a great regional leader without wondering out loud how much foreign exchange his death will cost. us.
I had always wondered how so many persons could be so dumb and inexplicably stupid to be scammed by our lotto crooks until I heard the debate in Parliament and saw clearly the connection between lotto scamming and our information technology sector.
Jamaica is a highly indebted country, and until we can repay and retire a significant portion of monies we owe, it is highly unlikely that we will realise the growth and development we hope to achieve.
I'm sick and tired of government apologists continually filling valuable newspaper space and broadcast time with a remarkable resemblance to the good old-fashioned singalong with Mitch Miller and The Gang to the tune of 'There's No Alternative to The IMF'.
The Bank of Jamaica posted on its website February 15 an IMF press release with the caption, 'IMF and Jamaica authorities reach staff-level agreement on key elements of the EFF-Supported programme'.
As Dirk Harrison comes to office as Jamaica's fifth contractor general, leader of government business in the House of Representatives, Phillip Paulwell, is assuring the country that the long-delayed campaign-finance bill is to be enacted into law by the...
I really sympathise with our prime minister. I believe she genuinely wants what is best for all Jamaicans and feels the pain that most of us are feeling. However, she is limited in trying to ease that pain.
