EDITORIAL - Time to revisit CCTV project
Last week's attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow again underlined the efficacy of closed-circuit television (CCTV), which is why we fail to understand the Jamaican Government's apparently less-than-full and eager embrace of the system....
Free expression and elections
Freedom of expression is fully supported in international law as a human right. So, for example, Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948) specifies that: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression... - Stephen Vasciannie
'Dem' kill 'smaddy'!
Sometime last year, while attempting to drive along Lyndhurst Road, I noticed all the vehicles ahead of me making U turns and going in the opposite direction. I barely glimpsed a piece of the yellow police 'crime-scene' tape when a truck driver... - Garth Rattray
Cops out of control
Extra-judicial killing is decades old. What is very disturbing is its recent climb - 229 killed by police last year, up from the annual 140-150 in the 1990s, which was bad enough - coupled with the total silence of the police commissioner... - Horace Levy
NOTE-WORTHY - Why boys fail
The main blame for the failure of our boys to keep pace educationally with our girls stems from the fact that many parents fail their boys. Peter Espeut has failed to mention this in his series to date.
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