EDITORIAL - The shame and hope of Marlon Samuels
NO ONE can be happy when an extremely talented young man finds himself in deep and potentially career-ending trouble. And, in the context of the West Indies, the sorrow is perhaps far more cutting when the person involved is a sublime cricketing talent.
Israel turns 60
United States President George W. Bush, all but forgotten back home in the heat of election season, arrived in Jerusalem yesterday to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. Living six decades is no mean feat for Israel. - John Rapley
Jamaica and Christ - walk together!
What is this inner longing and desire in my heart? What is this inner restlessness in me?What is happiness? And in my beautiful sunshine island there is terrible mysterious darkness, as I watch the blind, the deaf, the crippled, the sick and dying... - Richard Ho Lung
Forum on Minister MacMillan
Foresight useful - I must commend Colonel Mac-Millan in his new role as minister of national security for our crime-ridden nation, and also for his foresight that it is the elements of crime that needs to be tackled as well as the crime itself...
NOTE-WORTHY: Relevant period
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is quoted in reports as saying eight months in office is of no relevance in assessing the performance of the former Minister Derrick Smith. With all respect due to the prime minister, may I remind him that in the irrelevant eight months...
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