SHUT 'EM UP! - 'Too much freedom in the name of creative expression'
DECLARING THAT Jamaica's music has died, producer Mikey Barnett says the Government needs to restrict freedom of expression if the society is to survive. "The Government has failed in its role to protect the society from itself - meaning artistes of today. There is too much freedom in the name of creative expression," Barnett told a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum.
- People of the decade
- What really happened at Palisadoes?
- On the dancehall bandwagon - Local academics being blamed for falling standards
Not impressed - PNP continues to flay Government despite changes in tax package
The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is not impressed with the tax adjustments announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday. The party has not ruled out further protest action
- How people saw it
- Clean up your act! Music personalities urge corporate Jamaica, media to help clean up dancehall content
- 'One Love' part of Jamaica's aura ... But gangster music threatens to crack the image
Claro first to market with netbooks
Claro Jamaica has beaten Digicel as the first big telecom to roll out an Internet package using netbooks as hooks for business, though the Irish company has been positioning for a launch for about four years.
- Mortgage market deflates in 2009 - IMF deal expected to sink it further in 2010
- Foreclosed properties have few takers - Few sales gavelled at public auction
- Business in Pictures
Col Wales rules supreme
Highly fancied COLONEL WALES turned in a smashing performance to win the $4.35 million Supreme Ventures Jamaica 2-Y-O Stakes over 1600 metres at Caymanas Park yesterday, turning the tables on recent conqueror CLASSY PROSPECT in the process.
- Hilaire defends WICB's decision on 2010 season
- Recession had US tuning in, not heading out
- Congrats Windies, many thanks 'Syddie'
EDITORIAL - Speak the truth and collect the taxes
One of the bits of advice we offer to Prime Minister Golding is that he muzzle the would-be spin doctors attempting to cast the bungling of the Christmas tax package as a deliberate ploy by the administration to gain leverage with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by demonstrating political intolerance for the measures.
- When politics trumps economics
- Seaga put 'goat mouth' on Bruce
- Importance of diversifying our energy source
LETTER OF THE DAY - The JLP has lost its way
The Editor, Sir: The recent rollback of the previously announced tax measures is a clear indication that the current Government of Jamaica is weak, unfocused and visionless.
No link between dancehall and violence among youth -
UWI study shows link statistically insignificant
A study on violence and dancehall, led by Dr Donna Hope-Marquis, has found that there is no correlation between the two. Funded by the Office of the Principal at the University of the West Indies (UWI), through the Special Initiatives Research Fund, the research was conducted among 300 15-24 year-olds in Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine and Clarendon between June and August this year.
- Pulse's CMS Full Figure title hangs in the balance
- Roots Revealers ready to conquer the reggae world
- Erykah Badu to go 'On & On' at Jamaica Jazz and Blues
Literary Arts - Sunset at Christmas
It is Julia's idea to go sailing on Thursday, the day before Christmas. I look at her like she is cracked in the head and she just stares back at me, her bright brown eyes all wide and innocent. "Come man," she says. "This is the best time to go, hardly anybody will be out there. We'll have the ocean all to ourselves."
- City's last book store in trouble
- Book Review - Jamaica, absolutely!
- Sunday Sauce - Letter from a Rebecca Williams
Hi-Lo is 25!
One of the island's leading supermarket chains, Hi-Lo Food Stores, has been celebrating a significant milestone. It's been a quarter century since the doors of the first one opened under the GraceKennedy brand, and Jamaicans have been getting great quality ever since.
2 Decembers, 2 packages, 2 failures
In the past two Decembers, Jamaicans have had two very different kinds of Christmas packages from the Government: a stimulus, and a tax package. On December 14, 2008, Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed the nation to speak of the "global tsunami" and how the Government intended to stimulate the depressed economy.
- 'The law is an ass'
- Obama on climate change: A grave and growing danger
- The teaching of math in Jamaica - New ways vs old-style leadership
New year, old woes - Auto dealers brace for rough ride in 2010
A NEW year usually brings hopes and expectations of things to come. But, just as in 2009, Jamaica's auto dealers are bracing for a 'rough ride' in 2010. "The outlook for next year is not as good as we would want it to be," said Kent LaCroix, chairman of the Automobile Dealers' Association (ADA).