There was a story carried on the newscasts of TVJ and CVM on the evening of June 1, 2016, where it was reported that an 18-year-old man climbed to the top of the May Pen bridge where he threatened to commit suicide.Inspector Owen Brown, who appears...
As I was reading the online version of The Sunday Gleaner of March 13, 2016, I came across a story indicating that Colin Campbell will not resign as managing director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC).I am strongly of the view that Mr...
I find it interesting that at this time in our history, we are seeing somewhat of a turnaround. Gross domestic product is forecast to grow. There is an upward projection of employment in several sectors.We have the leading stock market globally;...
Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2015 | 6:42 AMTHE EDITOR, Sir:
This question must be resting on the minds of many Jamaicans. Last week sometime we heard via the media that the candidate or caretaker selected by delegates in West Central St Catherine to represent the JLP was asked by the party to resign. We were...
I read Michael Abrahams' column, 'Vote or shut up!' (The Gleaner website, November 17, 2015), and can understand his view. However, I'm one of those persons who won't be voting.I've decided to take a closer look at both parties, and...
Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2015 | 9:02 AMTHE EDITOR, Sir:
I have long thought that when a star performer is found in a particular field or a certain position in a company, you don't necessarily need to rush to promote this person to any other portfolio - the area in which he was a star performer, may just...
Jamaica urgently needs a fixed election date. The prime minister should not be vested with the authority to call an election when it suits him or her. The country is sovereign and its interests should come first.The advantages of a fixed election...
I refer to Gareth Davis Sr's interesting piece in The Sunday Gleaner of October 25 regarding Derron Wood as the new Jamaica Labour Party candidate in East Portland for the next election. The article was, unfortunately, marred by a glaring error....
British Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Chinese business mogul Jack Ma, founder of lnternet sourcing giant Alibaba, to his team of economic advisers. This is a very interesting development and underscores the extent of globalisation and...
Along with the two major parties, the Jamaica Labour Party and the People's National Party, some of our third parties are, or will be, mobilising themselves for the pending general election. However, while we all have the right to form these third...
When people who should know better decide to fly in the face of empirical evidence and sound reasoning to talk about God's design, it is time for rational persons to sit up and take notice.It was the same sort of bigoted religious assertion that...
I don't see the issue surrounding the St Hilda's High Jehovah's Witness controversy, because the student in question, Jade Bascoe, says she is not a baptised Witness.Obviously she has a 'Witness background' which has influenced her life - if I dare...
Published:Saturday | October 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMTHE EDITOR, Sir:
Thanks for the views which The Gleaner expressed in its editorial titled 'How St Hilda's erred', published Friday, October 9, 2015.Apart from the religious rites, there are other things that must also be considered as to whether or not this student...
The British government knew very well that our current leaders are not people who are capable of thinking effectively.I am not an accountant and I'm not so great at maths, for that matter, but I don't see how we can accept 25 million pounds sterling...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2015 | 11:07 AMTHE EDITOR, Sir:
On Tuesday (September 22) Mr Elan Powell, assistant commissioner of police in charge of crime, was a guest on TVJ's Smile Jamaica morning programme, and highlighted that some weapons in the possession of criminals far eclipse those in the hands of...
Gloria Henry's statement that Chinese businessmen within the city of Montego Bay are not giving back to the community is inherently flawed and erroneous in every respect. The incontrovertible fact is that many Montego Bay Chinese business owners do...
I am a lowly paid private-sector worker who relies on no other source of income except my monthly pay, which I receive on the 25th of every month or thereafter.My water bill has constantly become due and payable between the 17th and 20th of each...
THE EDITOR, Sir: I love The Cosby Show and admired Cliff Huxtable as a role model as a successful black professional raising a family, facing the decisions and struggles of daily life faced by all families.I am deeply saddened by the allegations against Bill Cosby,...
THE EDITOR, Sir: In light of our perennial drought problem and the seeming lack of will, ability or competence of our Government and the relevant agency, the National Water Commission (NWC), to take the necessary ameliorative steps, it is time we consider divesting...
According to what we are hearing, it seems that the decriminalisation of marijuana will do a great deal of good to Jamaica; but the primary purpose we are being told, if it comes in effect, will be for medicinal use.We are also being informed that,...
Many Jamaicans have concluded that it makes no sense to vote. These persons are the greatest contributors to all that's detrimental to Jamaica.In all their thinking, they have failed to realise one fundamental point: Regardless of what happens or...
Each year, untold millions of dollars are funnelled to enforcers, strongmen and area leaders who collect 'tax' from business operators in their areas of influence. While the full sum might never be known, it's not outside of reality to estimate the...
