EDITORIAL - Addressing court backlog
Chief Justice, Mrs. Zaila McCalla's call for an audit of persons in state custody to determine how best to dispose of their cases is a useful idea that should be implemented as soon as is practical. We appreciate of course, that an audit is one thing and disposing ...
Pilgrimage to Kendal
A few weeks ago on September 1, I made a pilgrimage to Kendal in Manchester. On that date 50 years ago and on that spot, the worst train crash in Jamaica's history took place; at least 171 people were killed and more than 700 were injured; at the time it was the second-worst... - Peter Espeut
It's all about oil
Australia's defence Minister, Brendan Nelson, is not the sharpest tool in the box, so people were not really surprised in July when he blurted out that the real motive for invading Iraq was oil: "Obviously the Middle East itself, not only Iraq but the entire region... - Gwynne Dyer
NOTE-WORTHY: Lead with decorum
With regard to the recent statements made by the former Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, on how she intends to carry out her new responsibilities as Leader of the Opposition, it seems to me the former Prime Minister's behaviour ...
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