Politics

“A man’s reputation is what other people think of him, his character is what he really is.” “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” […] […]

A deeply apologetic Prime Minister Bruce Golding tonight announced that Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne will sign the authority for extradition proceedings to commence against Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke who is wanted by the […] […]

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg will create more than 100 peers to ensure controversial legislation gets through Parliament, The Times reported today. The coalition government has agreed to reshape the […] […]

The Burlingame City Council took an unusual approach to closing its $2.9 million budget gap last week. Faced with closing the Easton branch library, a 67-year-old neighborhood treasure known for its extensive children’s book collection […] […]

NEW YORK – The mothers of three American hikers held for 10 months in Iran know that their visit with their children may be brief so they’ve thought about what they want to say and […] […]

WHILE INSISTING that Prime Minister Bruce Golding should resign because of his double-talk in the Manatt scandal, the president of the People’s National Party (PNP) has also called for serious introspection within her own party. […] […]

Political observers, business groups and at least one prominent human-rights activist have reacted with outrage to the decision of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to reject calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Bruce Golding. […] […]

BRUCE Golding will not resign as prime minister of Jamaica. Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Karl Samuda said Golding’s actions in the Manatt Phelps and Phillips affair do not “rise to the level that […] […]

BANGKOK – Anti-government unrest boiling over in downtown Bangkok spread to other areas of the capital and Thailand as the military defended its use of force in a crackdown that has left 30 civilians dead […] […]

A PROMINENT Saudi journalist who conducted several interviews with Osama bin Laden and once tried to persuade him to reconcile with the Saudi royal family has resigned as editor of the nation’s leading newspaper. However, […] […]