EDITORIAL - Audley Shaw and the JCF's murder targets
Audley Shaw's public chiding of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's projection of a five per cent reduction in homicides this year notwithstanding, we fervently hope that the police achieve their target. It is not that we, like Mr Shaw, do not hope for far fewer murders...

Hints from Obama
Listening to some commentators, you would think Tuesday's inauguration speech of President Barack Obama was mediocre and without substance. Some said "it lacked structure"; others said it had no "memorable lines" like "Ask not what your country can do... - Peter Espeut

NOTE-WORTHY
Inappropriate use of flag - I wish that you would do us and the nation a public service by informing our wonderful, exuberant Jamaican population of the appropriate use of the Jamaican flag when they are in a foreign country.Case in point...