More action, less talk
FIGHTING CRIME is and has always been serious business requiring serious thought and determined action. We believe that, in general, much effort has been made by the Government and leadership of the security forces to put in place a programme of action.
Reducing crime: No mystery, brute force or magic wand
POLICE Commissioner Francis Forbes is in a quandary. This past week he admitted, according to The Gleaner, that "aspects" of the Government's crime initiative had "failed", and that "it was necessary to return to the drawing board to come up with a...
Resolving the nude statue debate
THE FUROR over the statue Redemption Song in Emancipation Park, New Kingston is entirely expected. There is always a huge controversy every time a public statue is erected in Jamaica. Jamaican statuary is of very recent vintage, only over the last 40...
Celebrating August events
LAST WEEK, I heard that Maurice Foster and H.G. Helps celebrated the 41st anniversary of the capture of the British Empire lightweight boxing title at the National Stadium by our own Bunny Grant. It was, I recall, a great night for Jamaica. There we...
Old and new alliances (Part 2)
AT THE TIME of America's independence, John Adams had implored his colleagues "Let us above all things, avoid as much as possible entangling ourselves with their ways and their politics." He was alluding to all things European, including Britain.
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