The Braeton killings

SEVEN YOUNG men, some still in the first flush of youth, were shot and killed by the police in Braeton two Wednesdays ago. The episode has generated a storm of controversy, sharply dividing the country, and prompting us to... - Stephen Vasciannie

Nothing to choke about

ACCORDING TO a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offence. Offenders could be hanged for trying. An Irish legislator, a very strict Catholic and opposed to suicide, said in Parliament that the only... - Tony Deyal

Agriculture: the way ahead

THE SEMINAR recently hosted by the Farquharson Institute in association with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Jamaica Agricultural Society provided some interesting insights into the state of agriculture in the country. - A. W. Sangster