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Commentary

Pork barrel politics
THE RECENT by-election in St. Ann North East is a vivid reminder that pork barrel politics is alive and well in Jamaica. The fact that it did not succeed could be a sign that potential voters have matured and are able to treat inducements for political...

Even criminals deserve due process

VIOLENT CRIMINALS are undoubtedly wreaking havoc and mayhem on our society. Innocent, law-abiding citizens suffer immeasurably at their filthy and grimy hands. Gunmen, robbers, rapists and murderers engage in such barefaced, brazen... - Delroy Chuck

If they come for me in the morning...

IF THEY come for me in the morning, they'll be back for you in the evening". I am now in my tenth year as an opinion writer for this newspaper, and from the very first I have been writing about the use of excessive force by the police... - Peter Espeut

Lead and let the children follow

WHEN I first heard the news about the happenings over there in Braeton last week, my mind went directly to an Aesop fable we learnt in primary school. Not any of those which call upon us to stretch our imagination till it... - Amina Blackwood Meeks










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