Anti-Crime Policy In Crisis
THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the Police High Command that they were losing their fight against crime should have come as no surprise. To anyone following the report of incidents, especially in Montego Bay, Spanish Town and rural Jamaica, it was clear that we...
Homosexuality, ethics and the Bible
THE NEAR impossibility if not outright impossibility of getting a reasoned, dispassionate and philosophically rigorous public discourse on homosexuality in Jamaica was again demonstrated by the reactions to my column on the issue last...
Monumental penis debate
LAURA FACEY-COOPER'S sculpture 'Redemption Song' which is at Emancipation Park has come under a barrage of criticism from persons who represent a wide cross-section of the Jamaican society. Some of these persons have made their point on talk shows, in...
Succession and the leader people want
THE QUESTION of leadership succession looms again for both political parties. It is not enough to compare possible leaders of the future on personal criteria such as colour, charisma, gender, age, education or style. In comparing Portia Simpson...
Wanted: Regional tourist security network
"HORRIFIC TERRORIST attacks and acts of war have cast dark clouds over the tourism sector in many parts of the world, underscoring the urgent need for good crisis management in this industry which usually prefers to be thought of as happy...
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