EDITORIAL - Strike one for Greg Christie
Prime Minister Golding's statement to Parliament on Tuesday did not meet the threshold for our imprimatur on his government's decision to exempt 'the favoured five' from some public-sector procurement guidelines. Mr Golding, however, appears to have made important concessions...
'That one' heads to victory
American political pundits like to scour presidential debates for snapshot moments which define or turn an election: Nixon's rumpled look in 1960; Reagan's folksy "There you go again" in 1980; George W. Bush's peering at his wristwatch in 1992. - John Rapley
Saluting valuable postal workers
The following is a message from Derrick Smith, minister of mining and telecommunications, in recognition of today's celebration of World Post Day.Today is World Post Day and Jamaica joins the international postal service community in saluting the men... - Derrick Smith
Serious situations, simplistic Shields
Last week, a female deacon testified at a church meeting that she was sorry she watched TV a couple nights before, because of the gruesomeness of the murders of our children. She said she was so overwhelmed by the serious situation that she could not pray. - Devon Dick
Still waiting for cancer cure
One of the most unpleasant things I have had to do in the last few months was to purge my rolodex of the names of friends and acquaintances whom I won't be calling anymore. They are all dead. Ranging in ages 33 to 84, they have all died of cancer of one sort or another. - Dennie Quill
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