Of all the 193 nations in the world, I would like the international and internal critics of this little piece of rock with sand, sex, wood and hard water to write a list of 10 nations where: a woman can be head of government; women can have equal presence in media, including heading a major radio and a minor television station, and two of the country's six top cops are female.

Humanity won when Barack Obama publicly endorsed gay marriage. It was also a brilliant, carefully planned and ruthlessly executed political manoeuvre.

The most profound issues raised by the evidence offered in the sentencing hearing of confessed Jamaican crime boss Christopher 'Dudus' Coke relate to the indictment of the Jamaica criminal-justice system.

Fresh on the heels of Education Minister Ronnie Thwaites' revelation that he has started a series of meetings with commercial banks, as his ministry seeks to help students find more ways of financing their tertiary studies, Finance Minister Peter Phillips opened the 2012-13 Budget Debate, highlighting the urgency of sourcing more resources to the education sector without further burdening the Consolidated Fund.

When Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik entered the Utoya island café last July and opened fire, killing 13 people, young Glenn Waldenstrom was shot in the face, then pretended to be dead. Realising he could no longer speak because of his injuries, he "spat some blood on the floor and wrote my family's telephone number in the blood". ".

Humanity won when Barack Obama publicly endorsed gay marriage. It was also a brilliant, carefully planned and ruthlessly ...