THE EDITOR, Sir: The Church is busy. Last week, there were mass meetings and other expressions of dissatisfaction because persons want the ‘buggery law’ to be amended to make life less difficult for homosexuals. Now, the Church’s target is Minister Lisa Hanna, after she expressed that it was time to revisit abortion laws. One pastor …
THE EDITOR, Sir: I hold no brief for Mrs Veronica Campbell-Brown, but I become mildly annoyed when, in relation to her present difficulties, the media describe a diuretic she is said to have ingested as ‘a masking agent’. The word ‘diuretic’, from as far back as its origins in Late Latin and Greek, refers to …
I support the five recommendations made by Public Defender Earl Witter. Many of our public servants are given baskets to carry water, then we blame them for not delivering the water on time. Last Wednesday, I watched Opposition Leader Andrew Holness reject the recommendation for a commission of enquiry into the May 2010 Tivoli Gardens …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Minister Bunting is being criticised because he encouraged his audience at a religious service to seek divine intervention to find a solution to our crime problem. Why? One of the primary objectives of holding a religious service is to seek divine intervention in our lives and activities. And people who fail to …
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Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private or personal use. – President Jimmy Carter, message to Congress, August 2, 1977 I don’t know if it has anything …
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Last year, then Minister of Finance Audley Shaw came under intense pressure from the People’s National Party (PNP) and its supporters to conclude arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). When this did not seem to be happening, the PNP said it could do what Mr Shaw seemed unable to do. Now the ball is …
I was still a child when I discovered that the word ‘board’ had more than one meaning. My mother was a principal, and the chairman of the school board was a highly regarded Baptist minister. A general election came and swept a new party to power. Shortly afterwards, the minister was replaced as chairman by …
Two Tuesdays ago, ex-Governor Mitt Romney was rejected by the American electorate. Exit polls revealed that the electorate felt that President Obama needed more than four years to turn the economy around. Another significant factor influencing their decision was trust. Romney promised the people anything he felt would win him the elections, but without specifics, …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Permit me to express concern about an article in The Sunday Gleaner, ‘Census concerns’. Last week, a talk-show host – who should know better – was supporting a number of callers who were making such wild, unsubstantiated statements as, “Portmore must have more people than that. Reporter Daraine Luton took the unwise …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Two years ago, I stopped by my friend’s office to waste a little time. She is a doctor and a staunch Christian. I was hardly into my first cup of coffee when a call was put through to her. It was her bank returning her call asking for an explanation for the …
