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Getting JEEP out of the showroom
In the year before the general election, it was the major concern as it was in the month before the PNP swept to power. Weeks after the December 29 election, it remains the major complaint among voters and many non-voters. Jobs. Lack of them. It makes little sense to suggest that those at the bottom of this society ...more
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Manley, Garveyism and Matalon
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Forty-three years ago today Michael Manley was elected president of the People's National Party. Twenty-three years ago today, the PNP returned to power and Michael Manley once again got a chance to be prime minister. In this 50th anniversary jubile ...more
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Secularism engulfing the Western Hemisphere
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
In the interest of clarity, secularism is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as: "concerned with the affairs of this world; not spiritual or sacred, not concerned with religion or religious belief, not bound by religious rule". The latest wave ...more
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Kay Osborne ends her glorious TVJ innings
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
THE announcement that TVJ's General Manager Kay Osborne had resigned from the RJR Group of Companies was a bombshell not just for that company but also for the entire media fraternity. Osborne's star had risen inexorably over the seven years that she ...more
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All that glitters is not gold
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
THE current furore over Sunday racing has once again sparked renewed public debate with the Church being accused of practising 'selective morality' by jumping on 'pet peeves' but not 'speaking out' with similar passion on other important issues. Let ...more
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Credibility is crucial to politics
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
In politics the credibility of those who govern is most important. Many believe the Jamaica Labour Party lost the election in December, partly because of the way it handled the Manatt-Christopher Coke extradition affair. And they questioned the cred ...more
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Even the horses need a day off
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Dear Reader, So the matter of horse racing on Sunday is back on the national agenda and once again the battle lines are drawn between the two opposing sides, largely focusing on the narrow debate about gambling rights. Quite frankly, the issue is m ...more
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Good move to reintroduce civics in schools
Monday, February 06, 2012
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites deserves commendation for reintroducing the subject and teaching of civics as part of the school curriculum starting in September. And while I have learned not to be too precipitate in celebrating announcements lik ...more
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Balancing politics and patriotism
Monday, February 06, 2012
As we look at the flurry of activity around resignations and new appointments, we understand the far reach of a political change of weather. Those of us who have watched the "musical chairs" of government over many decades have grown philosophical.We ...more
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Admit it when you are off base, Mr Christie
Sunday, February 05, 2012
IF more of our public servants were as efficient and prompt to respond to criticisms as the contractor general, whether it is from politicians, members of the public or the media, we could make the claim that those who sit at the top of the civil ser ...more
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The glass ceiling and Parliament
Sunday, February 05, 2012
My sincere sympathy goes out to the family of Barclay Ewart. He was a gentleman, a committed Jamaican, and industrial entrepreneur of the highest order. He was also a sprinter about whom many legendary stories have been told across the high schools o ...more
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AJ's plea reflects Jamaica's great need
Sunday, February 05, 2012
THE plea by Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister AJ Nicholson for a revision of Jamaica's status as a middle-income country in order to qualify for more development assistance reflects the Government's dire need for concessionary financing; but ...more
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Jamaica and the IMF in 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
LAST week I was a guest on the radio programme The Breakfast Club where I was asked to give my opinions regarding the IMF and Jamaica going forward. The key points that I made and believe that many Jamaicans may be overlooking are that the circumsta ...more
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The Caribbean: Not so gay
Sunday, February 05, 2012
On the Caribbean island of Barbados with a population of about 250,000 people, approximately 3,426 persons are living with HIV, and the minister of health, Stephen Lashley, has warned "that is not likely the exact figure". The HIV/AIDS pandemic is p ...more
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The CDB: Realities and challenges
Sunday, February 05, 2012
INDICATORS of likely worsening of the Eurozone economic crisis in 2012 could have a negative impact on funding resources for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) just when it needs to be in an improved position to better assist its borrowing member c ...more
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The unfortunate Chris Huhne
Sunday, February 05, 2012
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" is an old saying. But one senior British politician had reason to remember it as he felt obliged to step down from office last week. Chris Huhne was a brilliant journalist, politician and businessman. He grad ...more
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Can we all just get along?
Sunday, February 05, 2012
RECEIVED a rather large file via e-mail from the Institute of Jamaica of a poster advertising the Jamaica Music Museum's events for February — 'Reggae Month Grounation 2012'. Just so that you know, the lecture hall at the Institute of Jamaica w ...more
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Building a new Afghanistan, one flower at a time
Saturday, February 04, 2012
It's the most expensive vegetable product in the world, is absolutely legal, and out-prices by far even the highly lucrative illegal drugs. Only a small amount - around 300 tonnes - is produced in the world each year, yet this item is coveted for its ...more
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Travails of Kabila
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Since Sudan was split into two, Congo Kinshasa is now the biggest country in Africa, about the size of all of Western Europe. Yet, despite its vast size, Congo has fewer paved roads than Abuja or many other African cities. It has been the tragedy of ...more
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Value for money and transparency come when there's competitive and transparent tender
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Dear Editor, I write with reference to a column which appears in the February 2 edition of your newspaper that you have assertively but misguidedly entitled as follows: "China Harbour Engineering and Greg Christie's huge error". The column is writt ...more
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Cuss-cuss or creative action?
Friday, February 03, 2012
IS THE NEW Minister of Culture and Youth "vindictive, vicious and tribal" by expressing concerns about the state of the accounts and management of the Jamaica 50 celebrations, as is believed by the former minister, who reminds us that she laid the fo ...more
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The poor are not like us
Friday, February 03, 2012
Being rich sure beats being poor. They say the poor will always be with us, but then so will the rich. Truth is there are all kinds of poor people, including the grinding poverty in Africa, but the poor here are special. Our poor have standards and c ...more
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China Harbour Engineering and Greg Christie’s huge error
Thursday, February 02, 2012
AS one of the most indefatigable public servants that this country has ever seen, Contractor General Greg Christie will naturally be in the front of the line when God comes in the great rapture – the “take-up” of his most favoured p ...more
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Rudolph Burke in Black History
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Today marks 40 years since the death of Rudolph Burke of Llandewey, St Thomas, a black Jamaican who lived between 1899 and 1972. He was a member of the Independence constitution committee in 1962, a former cabinet minister and a former president of ...more
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Jamaica's ranking improves on World Press Freedom Index
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Recently I talked with a visiting graduate student who is working on a media study, part of which has to do with "The changing role of newspapers in Jamaica". She told me she planned to focus on the nine months leading up to the Coke extradition as a ...more
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Cuba moving ahead
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
In January 1959, the victory of the revolutionary forces allowed the Cuban people to attain true independence and sovereignty. As a result of more than five decades of revolution, and despite challenges including external aggressions of various kind ...more
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Will the 48 per cent please stand up?
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Dear Reader, Many of us did not vote in the December 29 election, and for good reasons. I described it as an election of “convenience and corruption” — called hurriedly amidst a Jamaica fraught with allegations of corruption. And ...more
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Paul Robeson hailed
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
IT was 64 years ago that as a young journalist I joined about 50,000 people at the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Park) to hear Paul Robeson, the celebrated Black American singer and international civil rights activist, perform and speak. ...more
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Elections have consequences
Monday, January 30, 2012
Elections have consequences - consequences for the victors and the vanquished. But as I wrote in 2002 after the People's National Party won its fourth consecutive term, "To whom much is given, much is expected." The PNP knows that there is no room fo ...more
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Tessa Sanderson: JA is 'the surprise country'
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tessa Sanderson commanded our attention at the RJR Sports Awards. The Jamaican-born UK Olympic Gold medallist reminded us that in sport, and may we add in life, there are no guarantees. Sanderson traced her life for us from her idyllic childhood in S ...more
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The Powerhouses in the PNP
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Following the rude dismissal of the JLP administration on December 29, 2011, once the new PNP administration was formed it became quite clear to me where power in the party would be concentrated and from where firm performance results could be expect ...more
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Contributing on your last lap?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
ONE of my closest friends, Josef Powell, a godson of my father, recently sent me an e-mail that included two very important lines for me: "The journey will always be challenging but at the end of it all should be worthwhile and fulfilling. After all, ...more
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Raising bar for a new partnership in Caricom
Sunday, January 29, 2012
ALTHOUGH mandated studies have found an estimated overall 64 per cent level of "compliance" in the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), the harsh reality is that it is yet to be "fully embraced" by a number of member states. That, basically, is ...more
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Look to the diaspora, Minister McNeill
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The new tourism minister, Wykeham McNeill, recently said that he is looking for new ways for Jamaica to grow its income from tourism. He is correct. And I can suggest one obvious way. That is for Jamaica to target its own diaspora as a market. Jamai ...more
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The dead horse theory
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Hon minister of transport and works Dr Omar Davies said in a statement to Parliament on Tuesday that of the US$400 million which was the total funds in the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme, $398 million had been used up, which means t ...more
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The death of an iconic brand
Sunday, January 29, 2012
MY condolences go out to the family and friends of the late Hon Dudley Thompson. I also give thanks for his long and productive life. I will say no more as I had written about his accomplishments in Africa and the closeness he brought between our isl ...more
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LIAT: Time for regional action
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The three main shareholder governments in LIAT — the airline that is vital to the movement of tourists and locals alike in the Caribbean — are scheduled to meet on January 31 to consider options for the airline which lost US$14.8 million ...more
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Googlisation-globalisation synergy
Sunday, January 29, 2012
SIVA Vaidhyanathan in his book, The Googlization of Everything (and why we should worry) published by University of California Press in 2011, coined the phrase: "googlisation". This is not surprising, since recent editions of dictionaries have includ ...more
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What we worry about when we worry about Greek debt
Sunday, January 29, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Remember Greece? It's been two years since a financial crisis erupted in the birthplace of drama, and the final act is still unfinished. A second week of talks in Athens ended Friday with no deal between the country, the Europe ...more
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Dudley was, above all, a superb advocate
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Many tributes have been paid to Dudley Thompson for his work in politics and for his efforts to place Africa at the centre of our consciousness. But it is as a lawyer, which constituted a big portion of his life, that I remember him best. Dudley ...more
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Grabbing and drinking from the chalice of political poison
Saturday, January 28, 2012
WHY is the JLP sulking and many walking around with long faces? It is clear that the PNP wanted power. The PNP wanted it really, really badly. You have to wonder why. Out of habit? Even if they had put up a token fight, the JLP should be happy now th ...more
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Bad English, bad patois, bad driving
Friday, January 27, 2012
No child goes to school to learn to speak. The child speaks how and what he hears at home. I see it in my village in the hills. The housekeepers kids who grew up with mine and spent most time at our house speak good English; her others do not. In the ...more
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The wake-up call of the Palisadoes
Friday, January 27, 2012
WHILE THE storm clouds gather over the grandly titled Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Project, has anyone stopped to take a good look at what we have mortgaged the future of the next generation for? I know it as a work in progress, ...more
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JDIP, Omar Davies, Peter Phillips and Mike Henry — interesting times ahead
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Well, it is now official that, as I stated in last Thursday's column, the JDIP funds are almost all used up, either in money paid for work done or, in forward commitments - for work to be done. In a statement to Parliament on Tuesday, Transport and ...more
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Dudley Thompson's contribution
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dudley Thompson's passing at a very senior age is nevertheless a bit early for two things. First, his contribution as a Pan Africanist should be highlighted in February when we observe Black History Month. Second, his apology for the statement "No a ...more
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Jamaica - the phoenix rising from the economic ashes
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Dr Peter Phillips's view of the way ahead for Jamaica's economy was well presented as reported in the Daily Observer January 28. Clear, readable language characterised his exposition of the combined growth and development path for Jamaica's economy. ...more
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Time to review selection criteria for Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year titles
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
There was a palpable air of disappointment in the ballroom of the Pegasus Hotel last Friday, just before the name of the RJR Sports Foundation Jamaica Sportsman of the Year title was disclosed. The master of ceremonies had just announced that Yohan B ...more
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The poverty of ideas and action
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Dear Reader, For a country with some of the most brilliant minds one could find anywhere, I continue to be perplexed by the deficit of ideas, and worse yet, the lack of courage and conviction of those who are educated to challenge the status quo. T ...more
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JPS's new licence
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
THE Jamaica Public Service Company's "amended and restated" All Island Electric Licence has so many features affecting consumers that the JPS should publish the relative sections as part of its consumer education programme. The media has not given mu ...more
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How the PNP won the 2011 election
Monday, January 23, 2012
Undoubtedly, there will be continuous assessments of the 2011 election campaign, strategies, and election-day activities that led to a fitting end to the most exhilarating Jamaican election in memory. That notwithstanding, we must be bold enough to c ...more
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'Get back on board!'
Monday, January 23, 2012
"Get back on board!" was the exasperated order from the Coast Guard commander to the allegedly negligent captain of the tragic Concordia cruise ship. The sad episode is a strong reminder of the daunting issues that face leaders every day. Whether you ...more
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Time for a level playing field in telecoms
Sunday, January 22, 2012
A lightly edited address by LIME Jamaica Chairman Chris Dehring to the Rotary Club of Kingston on January 19, 2012. YESTERDAY, a life-long dream of mine actually came true. I've finally got the chance to quote Mark Twain's famous line. To anyone wh ...more
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A fair society with less prejudice
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Last week I wrote about "a fair, not welfare society" and wish to continue on that theme but look at bias amongst segments of the population and how that has affected Jamaican society. Every society has its own internal issues with biases and prejud ...more
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Don Anderson was surely right
Sunday, January 22, 2012
In the recently concluded General Election, the People's National Party (PNP), with its 'People Power' campaign, was victorious, winning by a landslide with 42 of 63 seats compared to 21 seats for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with its 'Progress' ca ...more
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Should we expect more extraditions soon?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Weeks before the announcement of the December elections, the Observer published a story in which it stated that, following on the troubling extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, more extraditions were imminent, and that those involved were parliam ...more
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Jamaica a republic: Time has indeed come
Sunday, January 22, 2012
THE announcement by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller that she wants to move forward to having a Jamaican head of state is very appropriate in the 50th year of Jamaican Independence. It is important to stress that it will in no way threaten the s ...more
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On whale tailing
Sunday, January 22, 2012
AS I have threatened before, were I in much better shape I would venture to tear off my clothes at the power and light company in protest against my escalating utility bill, but my lame attempts to bare a little flesh — a blouse with the last f ...more
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Tragedy on the high seas
Sunday, January 22, 2012
My sympathy goes out to the families and friends who lost loved ones on the Costa Concordia which hit a reef just off the Tuscan coast. This horrible accident is on a scale comparable to the Titanic, although the current loss of life is considerably ...more
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Over to you Mr Paulwell, again
Sunday, January 22, 2012
It feels like the year 2000 all over again in Jamaica's telecommunications sector. That was the last year of the Cable and Wireless monopoly in voice telephony, a time when the media hardly ever referred to C&W without the sobriquet 'telecoms gia ...more
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French bridge to Brazil: The Caribbean should not be stranded
Sunday, January 22, 2012
The world is about to see Europe linked to South America in a way that has never happened before. A bridge will link French Guiana, the last European outpost in the Americas, with Brazil, the largest country in South America and now the sixth largest ...more
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A poll 'burden' for Guyana's Opposition
Sunday, January 22, 2012
IN his haste to score a political point, the opposition leader in Guyana's new Parliament, David Granger, may have taken on an unnecessary burden that could embarrass him and the party he leads, amid increasing allusions/speculations of a snap genera ...more
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George Eastman's baby faces its worst Kodak moment
Saturday, January 21, 2012
He didn't invent photography - that was the work of many individuals gnawing away at the problem of how to make pictures out of light. But George Eastman was the person who pulled together all the discoveries the others had made and packaged them in ...more
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Good start, Minister Kellier
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Newly appointed minister of Labour and Social Security in the two-week-old PNP administration, Derrick Kellier, has calmly begun to give expression to the government's election commitment to "place great emphasis on job creation", by his initiatives ...more
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Last chance for the PNP
Friday, January 20, 2012
Forty-two to twenty-one is a mandate for change and prosperity. If politics is the art of winning power, then governance is the science of using that power to build prosperity. When we study economics we imagine that a government spending billions ea ...more
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Celebrating calm after the storm
Friday, January 20, 2012
ANY VISITOR ON A TOUR of city Kingston, who was introduced to Gordon House, our seat of Parliament, must wonder at the ordinariness of the box-like structure with no redeeming architectural feature worthy of remembering. White House and Westminster i ...more
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What of JEEP if JDIP funds are depleted?
Thursday, January 19, 2012
At just about the time that the JLP administration decided to embark on its worst possible socio-political excess - the Dudus extradition/Manatt affair, crafty politicians in its ranks must have given it more than a thought that the expenditure of Ja ...more
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Accessible education and politics
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Opposition leader Andrew Holness says that he would like to see the government continue free education. The new education minister Deacon Ronnie Thwaites is reported to have said that in his own opinion, anyone who can afford to pay fees should pay ...more
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Muted media response to court ruling against life ban for drug cheats
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Recently the international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) struck down the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Rule 45, thereby clearing the way for many athletes, previously barred from competing in the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London thi ...more
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Leadership in Jamaica's future
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
THIS year comprises a milestone of sorts in Jamaican history. The island celebrates 50 years of nominal political independence from Great Britain. Any anniversary offers a good opportunity for balanced reflection, and a 50th anniversary could not be ...more
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Jamaica needs special employment tax
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
IF there is anything the past JLP government and the new PNP government agree on, it is the need to create jobs, jobs and more jobs and maximise the condition for job creation by the private sector. The private sector has a responsibility to create j ...more
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Looking back, looking forward
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Dear Reader, One of the benefits of a new year is the opportunity it provides for us to look back and look forward at the same time. It is a reflective, yet hopeful, time of the year and an opportunity for all of us, not just the so-called "movers a ...more
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An honest look at Jamaica
Monday, January 16, 2012
IN our already tiny country, social media is putting us under the microscope and will herald a new breed of leaders, whether already clean or newly reformed. It's a good thing that Contractor General Greg Christie did not need this kind of scrutiny t ...more
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Why the JLP lost the 2011 election
Monday, January 16, 2012
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) lost the December 29 General Election because it became so inebriated by its rabid fascination with the "youth factor" that it failed to demolish the everlasting wall of political inseparability it diligently constructe ...more
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PJ Patterson was the silent winner
Sunday, January 15, 2012
ON the night of the December 29 election I gather that one particular stalwart in the JLP found reason to drink more than his usual share of whisky as he remarked on seeing the counting, "What the hell is happening?!" A few days before that, on Chri ...more
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'Time come' for full independence
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Note: The following column was originally written for Sunday, January 8, but did not arrive in time for publication. AS we begin the year-long observance of 2012 as the 50th anniversary of political independence, Portia Simpson Miller has once again ...more
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A fair, not welfare society
Sunday, January 15, 2012
I wish I could take credit for the title of my column today but all credit goes to Lee Kuan Yew, as it is the title of chapter 7 of his book From Third World To First. If all humans were equal in their abilities then we all would be able to run as f ...more
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Red herring... without crackers?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Well, it has started earlier than expected after the election. Both principal parties seem to wish to ignore the strong messages sent by the electorate that suggests that "old-style divide-but-secretly-agree politics" has been firmly rejected. In fa ...more
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Time come...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
ONE of the first events attended by Lisa Hanna, newly appointed minister of youth and culture, was last Sunday's opening of Barrington: A Retrospective at the National Gallery of Jamaica. Notwithstanding the fact that the retrospective is the second ...more
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Guyana and Jamaica: Contrasts in political mood
Sunday, January 15, 2012
LAST Thursday, Guyana created a new kind of history in parliamentary governance in the Caribbean when the combined Opposition took advantage of a one-seat majority in the National Assembly to elect the new Speaker, and without any attempt to reach a ...more
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Of Jamaica, republics and the Commonwealth
Sunday, January 15, 2012
WHAT effect will Jamaica becoming a republic and leaving the 53-nation Commonwealth have on the rest of the Caribbean countries? Will they follow Jamaica to become republics and leave the Commonwealth? Those were the questions put to me by the edito ...more
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Two years later, what has happened to the money?
Saturday, January 14, 2012
It began with a shock, as these occurrences do, and the aftermath has been even more shocking. Just over two years ago, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude unleashed a new series of disasters on the long-suffering people of Haiti. Accompanied by a charact ...more
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Stirring Jamaican entrepreneurship towards carbon trading
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Climate change has created an imperative to transition our global society towards low carbon economies to help lessen its imminent impacts. These economies would foster less dependence on fossil fuels and embed practices across all sectors that would ...more
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Which jobs for which girls?
Friday, January 13, 2012
ROUND TOWN, the jokes are about the "breakfront" replacing the "cabinet". Usually, our people acquire their breakfronts on hire purchase. In our politics, however, there is little room to trust now and pay later. Nation-building these days leaves ver ...more
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Are we really innovative?
Friday, January 13, 2012
WE are not adept at using innovation. We are good consumers of technology but often fail to use it to benefit production or revenue. As early adopters of many ground-breaking innovations we fail to adapt them and offer back to the world our own adde ...more
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Hope vs political reality
Thursday, January 12, 2012
IN early 2006 at the inauguration of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, the nation had reason to leave the dashed hopes of previous years behind as it envisaged positive change for the future. In September 2007, we were at it again as Prime Minis ...more
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A game of blame, shame and disclaim
Thursday, January 12, 2012
TODAY is the 57th anniversary of the first electoral victory of the People's National Party (PNP) led by Norman Manley in 1955. In conceding defeat, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Alexander Bustamante, who was knighted later that year, spoke about ...more
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Phenomenal woman
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
"SOME are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." That famous line from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Knight is all the explanation that one needs in order to understand the reason why Portia Simpson Mil ...more
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A meeting of minds and management on exports
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
It is now accepted that Jamaica has to grow itself out of its perilous economic situation through a combination of manufacturing for export and investment. Regrettably, exports are in the doldrums and have been sluggish for a considerable time. That ...more
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New Cabinet portfolios in the Office of the Prime Minister
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
UNDOUBTEDLY, Prime Minister Simpson Miller gave her Cabinet selections a lot of thought. However, I have yet to see a credible explanation for the sizable team she eventually selected, despite not finding room for two stalwarts -- Fitz Jackson and De ...more
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