Jamaica Gleaner - Commentary - Friday

EDITORIAL - Good start, but toughroad for Dr Phillips

On the basis of his performance at his media briefing on Wednesday, it appears that Dr Peter Phillips has been able to assert command of the finance ministry.Not only did he talk bluntly about the state of the public finances, but he spoke frankly about...

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Give them an inch ...

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...

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Don't just limit student athletes to grades, rate their efforts too

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...

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South West St Catherine MP Everald Warmington has called for the Office of the Political Ombudsman to be abolished, as it is costing Jamaican taxpayers $18.6 million to maintain annually....

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EDITORIAL - Paulwell's challenge

IT COULD only be the stark and raving mad who wouldn't support Phillip Paulwell's intention to aggressively push down the cost of energy to Jamaican consumers.For, as we have consistently argued in these columns, energy is a potential game-changer ...

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Sam Sharpe still slighted

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...

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Rastafari: Ja's greatest legacy to the world

MY FATHER-IN-LAW rarely uttered the word 'Rasta' without prefacing it with the word 'dutty'.He loved my younger daughter dearly and as far as he was concerned, she was the perfect child. He must be revolving in his grave now to see...