The detention debate
Again, while the criminals are united in war against us as a society, we have been turning the polemical guns on ourselves in a war of choice over the matter of preventive detention and other measures to fight terrorism. (Boyne)
Jamaica: Energy policy and strategy
I would like to respond to some of the comments I have received regarding the discussion of ethanol as automotive fuel. The Sunday Gleaner, June 8, article clearly states that the "blend of ethanol beyond 10 per cent-15 per cent requires flexi-vehicles to avoid damage to the fleet". The article did not imply that flexi-vehicles are needed for E-blend below 15 per cent. (Mian)
The culture of non-compliance
I support the minister of finance in his war of words and contest of will with the private sector, specifically his charge that too many companies and individuals are avoiding or evading taxes, and that the Government's priority will be to make make Jamaicans tax-compliant rather than lower taxes as the private sector demands. (Buddan)
The politics of dependence
A massive revolution is under way: It is a global rebellion of the people against unfair trade practices, the high cost of living, and unaffordable food. A seismic groundswell of rebellion has built up all over the so-called Third World against the dominant global economic system. (Désulmé)
Jamaica's libel laws and the Inter-American Commission
It has to be accepted that the right to freedom of expression should be closely guarded and that, in a democracy, persons should be able to mount criticism against elected officials and other public figures who have a significant impact on public life and public opinion or upon the ability of the ordinary citizen to survive within the society. (Nicholson)
The search for peace
The language being used to describe the situation in which our nation now finds itself communicates a sense of near panic, if not actual panic. This is driven by the new levels reached by criminal violence of a varied nature, but particularly of gun violence, over the past few months. (Public Theology Forum)
Patois, Bible and translation
The perennial 'patois' debate is on again, triggered this time by a Jamaica Observer news report on June 16, of a $60 million project to translate the Bible into the Jamaican vernacular. As one of the few who have studied and written on translation and creolisation, with an emphasis on Jamaican Creole, I feel impelled to enter this debate. (Lewis)
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