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ANTHONY GOMES
Grandstanding and shouting into microphones are major parts of a politician's "tool box". And so it was with Mr Ernest Smith, JLP MP for South West St Ann, who delivered his impassioned intervention regarding homosexuals....more
Music: Food for love or poison to the soul
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A wise man once said, "Where there is much arguing there is the need for much learning." Over the past couple of weeks there has been much "arguing" over the Broadcasting Commission's banning of music with heavy sexual and violent overtones from the airwaves....moreWednesday, February 25, 2009
EPHESIANS 4:11-12: "It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."...moreWednesday, February 25, 2009
EPHESIANS 4:11-12: "It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."...moreLightbourne moves justice system forward
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Improving the justice system which has been neglected for many years is going to be a gigantic task. The system has been so run down that hardly anyone believes in it. Over the past 20 years, the quality of justice deteriorated to the extent that many people took justice into their own hands. In the long delay in trying cases, some witnesses and evidence disappear. When speaking of justice, one must differentiate between the system and judgements handed down by judges which have been generally sound. Only in a few cases has there been a miscarriage of justice but the Appeal Court and England-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have been able to deliver justice in the final analysis....moreTuesday, February 24, 2009
The media tell about Prime Minister Bruce Golding receiving his Caricom passport. The report informs that "regional heads of government agreed on a document as a defining symbol of regionalism". Now, my comments are not just for the government, but for all in the political, educational, trade union and religious leadership in this country. My thinking of a passport is that of a document that is the defining symbol of my citizenship. While I understand the idea of regionalism, it was never an ideal of those who have fought for my freedom and independence. I am quite aware of what is known as the "Jamaican spirit", a national consciousness that cannot be expressed by way of regional convenience; and since I was not a part of the decision making for such redefinition of citizenship, I beg to differ. There are too many things in this country that have passed by without critique. This is so, because we are acting against our history. We are behaving as if this country is filled with kowtowers....moreWell done, Professor Sir Kenneth Hall
Monday, February 23, 2009
In a few days' time, Governor General Professor Sir Kenneth Hall will demit office. In reflecting on his work it is well to note that it is not so much the quantity of service that matters, but instead the quality....moreSunday, February 22, 2009
SOME of the most amazing things happened within the last two weeks. Hundreds of miles above the earth, an obsolete Russian satellite collided over Siberia with an American communication satellite, and the odds against that happening are so astronomic that nobody had bothered to calculate them....morePrime minister must take hold of policy reins
Sunday, February 22, 2009
AS the economic crisis deepens the Government continues to send confusing signals to financial markets, and these are likely to make a bad situation worse unless the prime minister quickly takes hold of the reins of policy and ensures that everyone is singing the same sankey....moreRacial tension abounds in Latin America
Sunday, February 22, 2009
AS I write, I am over 12,000 feet above sea level in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, which is the poorest and most isolated country in Latin America....moreThe Commonwealth Summit: A Caribbean opportunity
Sunday, February 22, 2009
TRINIDAD and Tobago's prime minister, Patrick Manning, will become the Chairman-in-Office of the 53-nation Commonwealth in November this year when his country hosts the organisation's biennial summit....more
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