Politicians and cricket
IN 2007, Jamaica will play a major role as the English-speaking Caribbean hosts for the World Cup Cricket Competition. Even as we focus national energies on the economic possibilities of the event, lovers of cricket are hoping that it will be a spring...

Long delays frustrate lawyers, litigants
THE LONG delay in getting trial dates for civil suits in the Supreme Court has left many lawyers and litigants frustrated.

Businesses flock bauxite project
HUNDREDS OF prospective suppliers of goods and services for the upcoming Jamalco expansion met at the St. Gabriel's church hall in May Pen last week to hear how they can participate in the $1.2 billion expansion project. The initiative was...

Help is on the way
WESTERN BUREAU: A JAMAICAN living abroad, Mrs. Maria Sanderson, has come to the rescue of six Westmoreland families who are experiencing difficulties in finding the funds to bury their sons who perished in a fatal accident along the Gutters main...

More police to patrol streets
THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) is assuring the public that it would be vigilant in securing life and property during this Christmas season. Deputy Superintendent of police, Clement Logan, told a recent JIS 'Think Tank,' that the police would be...

Too many young men with guns - Davies
THE FREE flow of guns in the violence-torn South St. Andrew constituency is making the prospect for peace even more difficult, Member of Parliament Dr. Omar Davies says. "There is just a basic problem (of) too many young men with guns," says...

Develop trust between gov't, people
Question one: What will your three primary priorities be? ANSWER: There is nothing really magical about the number three and some may even argue that one cannot have three priorities. I do know, however, that there is one fundamental priority which...