Expanding academic perspectives

THEY ARE the academic elite of the next generation. Not, of course, the entire population of the academic elite ­ for some of those have moved on to foreign institutions of learning, some have opted for other tertiary... - Stephen Vasciannie

The low road to the CCJ

IF THE Caribbean people have to rely on the British-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) or any other external body to preserve our liberties and human rights we are in serious trouble. These values must be... - Cecil Gutzmore

Local Gov't non-event

TREASURE BEACH: The sudden announcement by the Ministry of Local Government of a complete reversal in its post-reform administrative structure, is an honest admission that things have not gone well. It has, apparently, caught the... - Desmond Henry

Through the 20th century with the Gleaner History of a killer

IN AN apparent effort to explain the crime phenomenon of 'Rhyging' to its readers The Gleaner of October 10, 1948 ran two stories: One titled 'History of a Killer', was by "The Crime Reporter". - C. Roy Reynolds

'St Bess' and the Bureau of Standards

THE SEVENTH annual Best of St. Bess awards dinner was held in Kingston on November 29 and as chairman of the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Oliver Jones explained, it was deliberately held in Kingston as a fund raising event with... -A.W. Sangster

How Sir Florizel united the electronic media

TO THE untrained eye, the television coverage of the State Funeral of former Governor-General Sir Florizel Glasspole, was just excellent. It might have gone unnoticed, but the occasion represented a possible first, certainly in recent... - Desmond Allen