The barricades are up. The Tivoli militia has been mobilised. And Jamaica waits in fear of a conflagration, as the agents of the law attempt to enforce the order to arrest the don of the most...
Worries about the European debt crisis and the damage it could do to the still choppy global economic recovery intensified last week, particularly in the United States, where pessimism is rising.
The Editor, Sir:I am finding it difficult to understand the message that the persons in charge of the security of this country are trying to convey to us.
By challenging the extradition proceedings in court, it appears to us that Christopher Coke has acknowledged that he must submit to the jurisdiction of the court and the process of law.
Bell, Book and Candle is an old movie which stars Jack Lemmon, James Stewart and Kim Novak and is about black magic by white people, witches, spells, warlocks and wizardry.
Dorothy Lightbourne, Jamaica's justice minister and attorney general, is a bright and, at a personal level, good and decent individual who has given long and respectful service to the country's legal profession....
JDX vs Dudus extradition - We, the self-righteous, want the prime minister's head on a charger, but after listening to Lord Anthony Gifford's explanation of the extradition process on TVJ's morning programme...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is comforted by the idea that Prime Minister Bruce Golding did not lie when he said that the Jamaican government did not hire Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (MPP) since it was the "party" that hired the firm.
We strongly support the declaration by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica to hold Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his Government to the economic and social commitments outlined by the PM in his speech of atonement on Monday night...
This newspaper welcomes the swift response of the contractor general, Mr Greg Christie, to the calls for an investigation by his office of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips scandal to determine the role of public...
Just to be clear, I am not writing in my substantive post as night editor of The Gleaner but as an average Jamaican citizen who just happens to be using the privileges of night editor of The Gleaner.
Some months ago, I wrote an article in which I tried to hint at the historical roots of the 'don'. I identified his antecedents in warriors who defended the village from incursions by others, in those who led slave revolts and in those who led the free...
On May 17, Prime Minister Bruce Golding insisted that he spoke truthfully on March 16, in response to questions relating to the engagement of the law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, when he stated "the Government of Jamaica has not engaged any legal...
With laser-sharp clarity, the Manatt affair has focused the nation's attention on the issue of whether Jamaicans feel alienated from their own government, the parties and the political system.
Some people believe Prime Minister Bruce Golding is not being recognised for what he really is - a master strategist. Here's how they explain it. Mr Golding, as astute as they come, realising the power that Christopher Coke yields not just in West Kingston...
As he acknowledged, Prime Minister Bruce Golding's apology to Jamaicans Monday night for his behaviour in the Christopher Coke extradition affair represents a good first, and tentative, step towards regaining the trust...
Hardly anyone is surprised that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) declined Mr Bruce Golding's offer of resignation as its leader and as prime minister of Jamaica.That decision is not because ranking members of the ruling party...
A vicious viral rumour - About 3:30 yesterday afternoon (Monday, May 16), a viral rumour began spreading of possible civil disruptions in the downtown Kingston area.
The Jamaica Labour Party's defence of its leader is centred on defending an allegation that he lied to Parliament. But nobody has made that allegation. Certainly, I have not. It's clearly alleged that he misled Parliament which is a different spinning of webs entirely.
Our suspicion is that Prime Minister Bruce Golding, although badly battered and seriously compromised by the Christopher Coke extradition affair, is not going anywhere.
Jamaica first - It was reported recently that when Information Minister Daryl Vaz was asked whether the issue of Bruce Golding's resignation had been placed before a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) executive meeting, Vaz seemed evasive...
It was an unflattering display on the part of Jamaica's leader of government in Gordon House last Tuesday evening. Of course, he had resolutely placed himself in a thoroughly awkward position - certainly in matters of extradition - astride two horses at the same time, that of party leader and that of prime minister.
