Loving the 'Ole Dawg' life
LAST MONTH, my friend Nadine McKenzie and I fell into a conversation, not for the first time, about the mystifying behaviour of Jamaican women. Or at least they're mystifying to us, as we both lived abroad in early adulthood and so perceive monogamous...
Reinventing clever rogues
WHILE I was at the United Nations participating in the Maysitting of the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), I maintained a daily ritual of reading the Jamaican newspapers and keeping up with local...
Is Bruce Golding a US puppet?
THE PUZZLING and uncalled for warning by Leader of the Opposition, Bruce Golding, to the Government not to sell out to Venezuela for a few barrels of oil could well be a vulgar and desperate courting of the United States in light of the enormous challenge
Lessons from the by-elections
THE BY-ELECTIONS of both the Bethel Town and Mount Industry divisions of Eastern Westmoreland and North Eastern St. Catherine have come and gone with the People's National Party (PNP) securing victories in both seats, thus ending speculation...
Politics, religion and public perception
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) holds an 18-point lead over the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), with 35 per cent of voters declaring hard-core support for the Portia Simpson Miller-led party.
Corruption in the courts (Part II)
PERHAPS IT may be helpful to discuss what is meant by institutionalised corruption. It has in part to do with the normalisation and acceptance of corrupt practices.
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