Commentary

Many people have been rightfully horrified at the allegation that a detective sergeant of police fabricated evidence in a murder case by concocting a statement purporting to be from an eyewitness of the murder; the policeman had signed his own concocted...

In the last two weeks or so, one particular issue has occupied hours of talk time on the radio call-in programme that I host during the week on KLAS.The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) has ruled that in order for a student to represent...

RECENTLY, I was given a coffee-table book related to the work of traditional churches in Jamaica. This significant work and beautiful book was published last year in the 50th year of Jamaica's Independence...

Below are Facebook responses to yesterday's lead story: 'No help came - Hospital's alleged negligence leaves new mother in coma'...

No, the column's title isn't referring to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) (though it could be, considering the electricity monopoly loses billions each year to various inefficiencies)....

Recently, six primary schools that were identified as failing schools have again underperformed in the Grade Four Numeracy Test, the results of which were published last week. What steps should be taken to rectify the problem?

Once again, Sunday horse racing is a hot topic.Yawn. Arguments for and against Sunday racing are more viral than Andrew Hopeless postings. That Sunday racing, already a custom in every civilised country...

It is indeed welcome news that the Ministry of Education has decided to implement a national numeracy programme for the 2012-2013 academic year to address the continued dismal performance of our grade four primary-school...

Bishop Everton Thomas says he's neither advocating for nor against Sunday racing, per se.

When I read Ian Boyne's insightful piece, 'Church horsing around' in The Sunday Gleaner of February 5, 2012, I thought, "How pertinent! Often we in the church become so preoccupied with moralising as if this will...

As has been reported by this newspaper, Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell has received the endorsement of several influential figures for his proposed policy of allowing power generators, themselves, to decide on the fuel of their choice in new...

On the evening of December 29, 2011, most Jamaicans rode a roller-coaster of joy and shock, or dismay and shock, depending upon which side of the political divide they sat.