Some years ago, I went to a pharmacy. An elderly woman was before me, so I stood a few feet behind her for privacy. A cheerful pharmacist came back to her and quoted a price. The woman responded and the pharmacist left and returned, quoting a lower figure. Again, the woman said something to her …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Shadow Minister of Education Ronnie Thwaites is proposing that rabbit meat be used to supplement the diet of students. This is an excellent suggestion. Since we tend to take our cue from whatever is happening in the US, let me start there. In the 1940s and ‘50s, rabbit meat was as popular …
Professor Errol York St Aubyn Morrison is one of Jamaica’s most accomplished sons. His credentials include at least two doctorates, two professorships and two master’s degrees. He has written more than 200 scientific publications – all reviewed and respected by his peers. There are also 20 books and technical reports. It comes as no surprise, …
Another police officer has died, allegedly by his own hands, and there is, understandably, grief among his colleagues. Whenever this happens, we usually hear an “appeal to members of the force to avail themselves of the services available to them when they are having problems”. And I usually say to myself, “Bull manure!” Why? Because …
It’s cruel, it’s inhumane. It’s the worst thing a government can ever do to a child whose future has been ruined.” Yvonne Beckford, grandmother of Tajay Rowe, the boy who suffered brain damage because of negligence of staff at Victoria Jubilee Hospital 15 years ago. I think it was the same year this tragedy occurred …
Wheatley-gate – Anansi politics at its finest Wheatley-gate is now at full throttle. The prime minister (PM) has reallocated the ministerial responsibility for energy to his office, and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is threatening to withhold their cooperation with the Government over the PM’s failure to fire the former energy minister. Déjà vu: …
The prime minister has finally taken belated action on the Petrojam problem. I often wonder why such an obviously bright man consistently allows his critics to take several pounds of flesh out of him before he does what he clearly needs to do. The energy portfolio has been shifted to his office. I expect he …
I fear that the Speaker of the House of Representatives has lost the confidence of many members to fairly conduct the affairs of Parliament. Last Tuesday and Wednesday were really bad. For the main intent of the Government last week was to protect Andrew Wheatley and to frustrate discussion on the Petrojam scandal. “What scandal?” …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Sir Thomas de Hungerford of Wiltshire was the first person to be recorded in the rolls of the Parliament of England as holding the office of speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1377. The position of speaker now exists in many countries, including Commonwealth nations. The speaker is expected …
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. Part of Emma Lazarus’ 1883 sonnet placed by the US Statue of Liberty. American media are weighing in heavily on President Trump’s decision to separate asylum seekers from …
