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No election for election sake, Mr Buchanan
On the eve of tomorrow's expected handing down of the Appeal Court's ruling in the Abe Dabdoub-Daryl Vaz dual citizenship case, Mr Donald Buchanan is quoted as daring the prime minister to call general elections. As if this is all a game....more
High interest rate policy needs urgent review
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) was right and spoke for the vast majority of Jamaicans when it called for an end to the high interest rate policy slavishly followed by succeeding governments....moreIf the police are to gain respect.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The anti-corruption unit in the police force really has its work cut out for it. In fact, based on our knowledge of some of what the members of that unit are put through by others in the constabulary, we are very sympathetic to their plight....moreMonday, February 23, 2009
We are struck by news out of Antigua that a 'turf war' between cricket and government officials may have led to the circumstances that triggered the recent shameful abandonment of the second cricket Test between West Indies and England....moreSunday, February 22, 2009
It's not realistic to expect perfection from the systems and organisations that govern the world....moreExcellence hamstrung by ineptitude
Saturday, February 21, 2009
They have been maligned and lambasted for years due to a popular, though flawed public perception that their negligence, carelessness and inadequacy of awareness and pride led to the headlong fall in the standard of West Indies cricket....moreCourting death on the North Coast Highway
Friday, February 20, 2009
How many more road users must die before the National Works Agency (NWA) installs the appropriate traffic signals along the North Coast Highway?...moreCo-ordinated regional response now urgent
Thursday, February 19, 2009
One of the great advantages of having a regional bloc is that when there is a crisis, such as is upon us now, we have the option of tackling it together, instead of as ineffective individual countries....moreRight move, ministers Shaw and Samuda
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Finance Minister Mr Audley Shaw and his industry counterpart, Mr Karl Samuda have clearly learnt a thing or two about effective public relations, going by their swift and definitive statements to the media Monday night....moreDancehall needs self-examination
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
It was expected that once the Broadcasting Commission decided to ban from public radio dancehall music with sexually explicit lyrics, the charge of hypocrisy would be levelled at the regulatory authority, using soca music as a benchmark....more
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