The nation's business on hold
LEADER OF Opposition Business in the House, Derrick Smith's complaint about the misplaced priorities of government ministers is not without foundation. The campaign for the leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) is now spanning a full range...
Martin and Coretta King in Jamaica
WHEN KARL Hendrick-son addressed the University of the West Indies (UWI) graduating class last November and made reference to Martin Luther King Junior he was standing where King stood exactly 40 years earlier. - Martin Henry
Palestinian earthquake
BE CAREFUL what you wish for. That may be one of the lessons Israel has learned from Hamas's stunning victory in the Palestinian legislative elections. Back in the 1980s, when Hamas was born, Israel regarded it rather benignly. - John Rapley
Chateau, mews, estate - The 'apartmentisation' of the capital
THERE IS an open lot in Havendale, St. Andrew, that I have had an eye on for some time. Not an eye to purchase, but an eye to how it was kept. It was never allowed to get unkempt and either the neighbours were very watchful... - Melville Cooke
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