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It has recently been reported on more than one occasion that the whistle-blowing bill mandates that employees should report matters to their employers in all circumstances, and further, that I am advocating that this should remain so.

Crime, identified by Jamaicans as their number one problem, has seen a dramatic decline of 49 per cent over the May-June period, resulting in 87 fewer murders. There was also a 46 per cent decline in shooting incidents over the period. Rape, carnal abuse, robbery and break-ins are also down, praise the Lord.

On Friday, July 2, during the urgings of the opposition senators that the Government should establish an independent commission of enquiry to receive evidence and make determinations and recommendations concerning the non-receding, still in-your-face...

The following is the second part of an excerpt from a presentation made by Rupert Lewis, professor of political thought, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, during a symposium 'States of Freedom: Freedom of States' at the Mona Visitors' Lodge,...

If you listen only to the naysayers who dominate economic analysis in this country, and for whom the Government and the minister of finance can do no right, you could easily believe that the Government's borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is heading for disaster.

The following is an edited version of a letter sent to the Press Association of Jamaica by Faith Innerarity, former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports.The role of the press is of critical importance in any...

After a disconcerting electoral defeat, Sir Alexander Bustamante mourned, "Jamaica is a real Judas island." The Rev Al Miller, not unfamiliar with Biblical stories, could be forgiven for saying the same thing today.

Now that Christopher Coke has been apprehended, we might be at a point of knowing a lot more about the west Kingston garrison constituency of which he was 'don'. He said he had much to say.

JAMAICANS FOR Justice read, with disappointment, Kevin O'Brien Chang's article in The Sunday Gleaner on June 20, and found unfortunate the blatant lack of fairness and balance displayed in it.

The following is the first part of an excerpt from a presentation made by Rupert Lewis, professor of political thought, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, during a symposium 'States of Freedom: Freedom of States' at the Mona Visitors' Lodge,...

I am not a joiner. Although there is no shortage of invitations, coming mostly from my presence in media. I have to say no to virtually all of them. Had I said yes to even half of them, I would now be a member of dozens of things - or a dead man.