Jamaica Gleaner News- Commentary - Sunday

EDITORIAL - Strip Mugabe of Order of Jamaica

Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, used to be a hero, celebrated across the world. Now, unhinged and delusional, Mr Mugabe is a menace to his own people, bringing them death and despair and their country to ruin.

Death penalty retained: What's next?

Parliamentarians on Novem-ber 25 voted by a majority of 35 to 15 to retain the death penalty. This decision accords with the views of the overwhelming majority of Jamaicans. The question being asked by a number of Jamaicans, is now that the parliamentarians have voted to retain the death penalty, what's next?

Gravel Heights and rights

The timing could hardly be better - or worse, depending on how you look at it. On the very day that minister of national security Number 2 saturated media with his maiden broadcast to the nation promising improved security, residents of gritty Gravel Heights fled their homes after being labelled police 'informas' and threatened by gunmen.

Ten for one

Sixteen men on a dead man's chest. Yo, ho ho and a bottle of rum!" You might well recall that ditty from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, Treasure Island. It is an epic about a naïve young man who finds a map and links up with Squire Trelawney to find treasure on an island in the Caribbean.

Deafening silence

Taxpayers' money must be spent wisely. It must not be used for the benefit of the people who are put in charge of running affairs on behalf of the State. This is a principle that should govern all political administrations and one which Parliament has enshrined into law by virtue of several acts ...