Commentary

I have known Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington for many years and have consistently found him to be a professional, dutiful, bright, level-headed and exemplary policeman. I am especially pleased with his impending appointment...

Among the 'cargo' of eight million enchained Africans shipped to and sold in the Caribbean were some fiercely unwanted souls. Every effort was made by slave traders, their brokers and commission agents stationed along the West African coast, to carefully examine each consignment... - Hilary Beckles

In ninth grade, some boys were playing cricket in the classroom, using the broken wooden back of a chair as a bat. - Esther Tyson

As I tried to explain in last week's column, one important consequence of the world recession was that when oil prices collapsed in late 2008, consumers got an ease in their gasolene and electricity bills. - Dennis Morrison

The Editor, Sir:This is in response to Peter Espeut's 'Overhaul GSAT' published on Friday, February 5.

The announcement that the Factories Corporation of Jamaica is on its way uptown sits rather oddly with a recent declaration by Prime Minister Bruce Golding that there would be more efficient use of office space for...

Albert Huie, the master painter, has passed on at the age of 89. The contribution which he made in his lifetime remains, as does the example of a life which was lived to the fullest. Huie's journey from Falmouth, Trelawny, where he was born in 1920...

The Gleaner editorial of Tuesday, February 2, 'Beyond sentiment at Air Jamaica', suggested public support for the Air Jamaica Pilots and Staff (JALPA) offer to purchase the cash-strapped airline was based largely on sentiment...

You wonder if investment bankers marry investment bankers, then go out to restaurants frequented only by investment bankers, and send their children to school with the children of other investment bankers.

The late Professor Ralston 'Rex' Nettleford, vice-chancellor emeritus of the University of the West Indies, Caribbean man of letters and wisdom, was well known for his mastery of the English language. Witnessing the frequent use of the word 'icon'...

Sorry, but I won't be joining any campaign to place Air Jamaica in the hands of its former workers. It's a sentimental notion but it's quite impractical. The experiment to ensure Air Jamaica remains in local hands has already failed.