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High School Sports Hurdle
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Last Sunday, there was an article in the sports section of one of our leading newspapers which pointed to youngsters in our high schools being allowed to represent their schools in sports, although they didn't meet the academic requirements of ISSA for such participation. Earlier in March (14/3/13), in the same newspape ...more
Disability and the free pass
Friday, May 24, 2013
THE Jamaican Senate continues to be in the spotlight even after its former president has now left the country to make life elsewhere. Coward or hero? This was the latest barrage in public opinion against Rev Redwood before Senator Floyd Morris steppe ...more
The Redwood principle
Friday, May 24, 2013
The only good motive to migrate is to fulfil ones potential. All others -- money, fear, etc, are unworthy. Rev Redwood created unnecessary furore; he was unknown until he was blessed with "papers" to Canada. He is now a celebrity. Did you hear of him ...more
Do our prime ministers think about leaving a legacy?
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Great men are those who have excelled at creating pure and lasting pleasures for generations yet to be born.
— Voltaire
I REGULARLY ask the following question of my incoming Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree class. How do you wi ...more
Workers and co-operatives
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Today is National Labour Day. Jamaica's Labour Day holiday, which was first observed in 1961, is not in September as in many other countries. Norman Manley as premier of Jamaica saw the need to create the holiday, and also the need to abolish the ol ...more
It's not an easy road
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
MY favourite cable television advertisement currently running in prime time is a dramatic 30-second promotion of XFINITY's Internet service starring Usain Bolt.
A close second is yet another 30-second commercial for the cool new Samsung Smart Camera ...more
Commission of enquiry not adequate for Tivoli incident
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Three years after the security forces' operation in Tivoli, which resulted in the deaths of at least 73 people, some Jamaicans and so-called human rights organisations still do not recognise that what happened was a crime against humanity, which req ...more
IMF gives us reality check
Monday, May 20, 2013
Rev Ronnie Thwaites' contribution last week to the Sectoral Debate was a speech that previous ministers of education may have dreamed of making, but may have been stopped by the risk of losing the favour of 20,000 influential Jamaicans -- our teacher ...more
Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island
Monday, May 20, 2013
NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection f ...more
Strengthening the ties that bind
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A lightly edited address by former Prime Minister P J Patterson at the Institute for Global Dialogue in Pretoria, South Africa on April 26, 2013.
I welcome this pleasant occasion which allows me to address the Institute for Global Dialogue, a thrivi ...more
Wanted: A collateral strategy for economic recovery
Sunday, May 19, 2013
There can be little doubt in anyone's mind that the country is now in a precarious economic situation and is facing a daunting future.
In spite of some prevailing chatter, this situation has not been brought on by the International Monetary Fund (IM ...more
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