Debating political direction is good for democracy
There is much mewling in the People's National Party (PNP) over the challenge for its leadership by Dr Peter Phillips, which belies the fact that this is a 70-year-old institution that likes to...
Public affairs: Questions of rights and justice
The Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights has written an open letter to Prime Minister Bruce Golding, outlining concerns about new ant-crime measures announced recently. - Harrison-Henry
JFJ defends its position
The civic action/human-rights lobby group is defending its position in the face of criticisms about its role in society, and specifically in response to an editorial published in The Observer newspaper of July 30, 2008.
Government, the extortioner
Prime Minister Golding's labelling of school administrators who have made auxiliary fees mandatory as "extortionists" is much more than "extremely unfortunate", as the JTA has mildly put it. - Martin Henry
Emancipation from the truth
It is 'indimancipation' and we should be feeling great pride after 170 years of legal and physical freedom from slavery, although we are still deeply mired mentally. - Orville Taylor
The auxiliary fees debate
I agree with the position of the prime minister and the minister of education that no child should be denied access to a secondary school education because of the inability of the parents to pay auxiliary fees. - Esther Tyson
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