EDITORIAL - Signs of a new approach
It is not often that the death of one person dominates the entire front page of this newspaper, as happened yesterday. What is even more unusual is that the dead person was not a beloved public figure but a teenager who, until his name hit the headlines, would have been just another young man in a Jamaican inner-city community.
Parliament from the other side
On Tuesday afternoon, I made my way to Gordon House. When I got there, the sitting had started and the new Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, was presenting a ministry paper on the rehabilitation of Jamaica after Hurricane Dean. In the past, whenever I attended sittings of Parliament, I would sit in the gallery facing the Government members. (Robinson)
This dad did his civic duty
The Editor, Sir: Recently, Jamaicans were informed of another act of atrocity committed against one of our nation's children. This 14-year-old student of Albion Junior High was robbed of his cellular phone then stabbed to death. The murderous act was committed by another teenager only three years senior to his victim.
Issue: Is a cop's life worth more than a civilian's?
First, let me send, wholeheartedly, my condolences to the family and friends of Sgt Brown, former member of Mrs. Simpson Miller's security detail, who was brutally murdered weeks ago just after transporting home a female associate, as well as the other 11 policemen who have been killed on or off duty since the start of the year.
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