EDITORIAL - Debating the tax threshold
We have noted the declaration of Finance Minister Omar Davies on his ability to fulfil his promise to hike the threshold at which Jamaicans begin to pay income tax by $82,000 a year to $275,000. To keep his promise, Dr. Davies told Parliament last week...
Jekyll and Hyde constabulary
I was appalled to learn that four policemen moonlighting as security guards allegedly handcuffed and repeatedly beat Dr. Jephthah Ford senseless. This extremely well-known middle-age son of a policeman, businessman, politician and physician who has always assisted cops... - Garth Rattray
Jamaican perceptions
If you read The Gleaner online, you will see the paper largely in the way it appears in hard copy; that is, on a day-by-day basis. If you read the Observer online, you will see in one place stories for last week or so. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. - Stephen Vasciannie
Light in the East
It's not often these days that we have good news to talk about in the realm of foreign affairs, but this week brought some from one of the most dangerous regions of the world. No, not the Middle East, which remains a desperate place in desperate times. - Dan Rather
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