EDITORIAL - Grappling with debt and a bloated public sector
As everyone knew, and as Finance Minister Audley Shaw confirmed in the expenditure estimates he presented to Parliament this week, the Government has little room within which to manoeuvre with regard to its spending...

Champs fever and social skills
The week before Easter is always 'Champs' time. Young people (and the not-so-young) pour into the National Stadium over a four-day period to watch hundreds of young athletes pit their skills against each other - all for the glory of their schools... -

Pyongyang's Barbary pirates
At this moment, a small satellite-transmitter is circling the planet, broadcasting 'immortal revolutionary paeans' to Kim Jong-Il and his father. At least, that's what the North Korean government tells us...

Bible and church gaffes
Senator Dennis Meadows' recent 'hang Barack' gaffe is pardonable if he has not read the biblical account of Jesus' trial recently, but the gaffe is compounded somewhat. It is not simply a confusion of Barack for Barabbas but also confusion about what the crowd ...

When is Easter Sunday celebrated?
To ask when is Easter Sunday might evoke ridicule because most would say it is Sunday coming, April 12. Others might wonder if it is a trick question. However, it is a serious question that divides the Christian Church.