Jamaica and the World

Despite the efforts of the Commissioner of the Police to satisfy both Adams fans and human rights groups, the poor Commissioner was still forced to dodge bricks and bile as Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams went back to work on Monday.
Adams will have a desk job gathering intelligence and will report directly to Commissioner Lucius […]

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This week’s “Believe It or Not” :

Coral reef (from www.silver-sands.com)
Hard on the heels of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s denunciation of the judgment halting construction of the Pinero Group’s 2,000 room hotel at Pear Tree Bottom, we have an endorsement of the judgment by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) !!!!!
You can just […]

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Our Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller yesterday finally made the speech many Jamaican women have been waiting for her to make since her inauguration on March 30.
She lambasted fathers who don't take care of their children financially or emotionally. Nothing new here, and her speech is unlikely to be any more effective than any previous such […]

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The New York Times today is carrying an incredibly long (9 pages, no less) piece on the US debate on contraception and abortion.
What is striking for Jamaican readers is how many of the arguments advanced by the anti-abortion party for banning abortion (legal since 1967) in the U.S. have long been disproved by the Jamaican […]

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Well, it seems that Leader of the Opposition, Bruce Golding reads the same websites we do, but draws different conclusions.
Here's one commentator lambasting Goodworks International (GWI) founder Andrew Young for selling his civil rights credentials to Nike, Walmart and others.
Here's another telling the real story behind GWI co-founder Jamaican-born Carl Masters: apparently just another Jamaican […]

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