Danger on the roadways
THE USUAL warning to motorists to be careful as they travel on the roadways takes on added poignancy at this time of year when the incidence of traffic accidents and road fatalities tends to rise. Elsewhere in this edition, we have reported on an...
PUBLIC AFFAIRS - A tale of two cases New challenges to legal definition of marriage
IN 1866, a husband brought a petition for divorce on the ground of adultery in the Divorce Courts in England. The claim by the petitioner was that his wife a Mormon having 'remarried' had committed adultery. - Shirley Richards
Why Labourites love Portia
MANY PEOPLE, particularly young people and journalists, have asked me why the supporters of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) at every level are drawn to Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller. Most are embarrassed to ask the question... - Dawn Ritch
Unim'Press'ed
LAST WEEK, a convicted Jamaican had his death sentence commuted to life. Yet, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the Crips street gang in the United States of America, met the grim reaper on Tuesday last as he was executed... - Orville W. Taylor
Politics and the non-politician
POLITICS, SOME people say, is the 'art of the impossible'. Yet, very few, if any, would disagree that for better or for worse, there is no other sphere in life that the actions of so few affect the lives of so many. No wonder the... - Cedric Wilson
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