EDITORIAL - A fresh wind for the PNP
The People's National Party (PNP), as this newspaper previously suggested, could have done far worse than electing Peter Bunting as its general secretary.Indeed, the mere fact of Mr Bunting's elevation is a huge improvement on what preceded him in Donald Buchanan, who often mistook bombast...
Defamation and the democratic ideal
There has been much talk about reviewing the country's defamation laws in an effort to promote greater investigative journalism. The purists, of course, will tell us that the term is redundant since journalism by its very nature must be investigative... - Vernon Daley
Casinos a no-brainer
Recently, the Minister of Tourism stated that those who opposed casino gambling are hypocrites and later added that casino gambling is a done deal for Jamaica. Even if church leaders are hypocrites on the issue of gambling it does not necessarily invalidate... - Devon Dick
NOTE-WORTHY: Concerned about cops
Policemen are supposed to take care of the citizens, not to create a divide or cause harm to them. One has to wonder how did this rift between the citizens and the police come about. I think Jamaica needs a new standard for hiring prospective officers of the law.
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