Politics

By Sandrea. AN appropriate cartoon for MY GRIPE TODAY I happen to read an article  in which the  the Prime Minister of Jamaica  is calling for “consensus on right and wrong” .  I cannot help […] […]

JAMAICANS need consensus on what is right and what is wrong in order to progress as a nation, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Thursday, as he sought help from the Rotary clubs to reboot the […] […]

In an attempt to steal the spotlight from Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s trip to Washington, the Taliban on Saturday threatened to launch a series of attacks across Afghanistan – a claim the defense minister quickly […] […]

China said Wednesday it would punish officials who failed to fulfil emissions reduction targets, warning the nation’s current environmental situation was extremely serious. “The energy-saving, emissions reduction situation is very grim, particularly since the third […] […]

Fidel Castro says the spreading oil slick fouling the Gulf of Mexico is proof that the world’s most powerful governments cannot control large corporations that now dictate the public’s destiny. Officials are rushing to seal […] […]

FORMER minister of national security Dr Peter Phillips says Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is possibly more powerful than the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government which has been attracting a lot of flax over […] […]

A 36-year-old Beverly man has become the first person in Massachusetts charged with violating a 2006 federal law that restricts Internet gambling, according to federal prosecutors. Todd Lyons was arrested Thursday night on a 36-count […] […]

At one of Baghdad’s two female juvenile prisons, the young Iraqi girls live in limbo, sadness and desperation permeating every aspect of their interrupted lives. Some face punishment for prostitution. Others are charged with ties […] […]

Labour’s Rushanara Ali made history today when she became the first Bangladeshi MP by taking Bethnal Green and Bow, the seat previously held by George Galloway. The 35-year-old Oxford graduate won with 21,784 votes, an […] […]

THE Bill to legislate casino gaming in Jamaica is expected to be signed by today, once a typographical error is corrected. The Bill was actually signed some days ago, but the typo was discovered while […] […]