Editorial
Full speed ahead with the Finsac Enquiry
Based on the news of preferential treatment in loan write-offs that came out at the Finsac Enquiry last week, we can see why there are some people who are actively engaged in trying to discredit the enquiry with the ultimate goal of having the process abandoned. Iniquitous perhaps best sums up the actions of Fins ...more
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Monday, February 08, 2010
THE seasonal drought, which typically lasts from late November to March/April, is at its height and as usual the southern half of the island is worst affected. The effects are being more acutely felt because the traditional wet months of May/June an ...more
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A lesson we dare not miss, Mr Acting Police Commissioner
Sunday, February 07, 2010
We're not for a moment begrudging the immediate promotion of the policemen who last Thursday blew the whistle on their rogue colleagues at the illegal gun shop on Munster Road in East Kingston. Of course they deserve to be acknowledged and commended ...more
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Saturday, February 06, 2010
The West Indies begin their limited overs' series in Australia tonight (Caribbean time) having been hit hard by injuries. Five senior West Indies players -- Messrs Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edward ...more
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Friday, February 05, 2010
There's a tendency among some residents of this society to wrap themselves up in the illusion that crime is a monster that dare not tread upon their doorsteps. So whenever it does, they tend to behave like the returning resident in yesterday's editi ...more
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Ralston ‘Rex’ Nettleford: A nation his monument
Thursday, February 04, 2010
WE find our emotion about the passing of Mr Rex Nettleford somewhat perplexing; a tinge of anger that greatness has been ripped from our national soul; a gut-deep sense of remorse. What a loss to Jamaica, the Caribbean and the world! For let us ad ...more
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
THE phenomenal economic growth of China has changed and will continue to change the pattern of trade, finance and investment in the world economy. China, despite its own modesty, is forecasted to become the world's largest economy in 30 years. Its ...more
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Smashing the political pork barrel
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Having Churches Credit Union (CCU) manage a portion of the $20-million Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocated to a St Andrew constituency through a revolving business loan scheme is a novel idea. If it works, the plan could settle the intermi ...more
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Joke aside, we have a duty to help Haitians
Monday, February 01, 2010
In the Jamaican folk language, it was a case of 'taking serious ting mek joke'. The truth is that very few of us were able to avoid a good long laugh on hearing or reading the story of the man from Windsor Castle, Portland whom the people of Stewart ...more
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
We know that the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-ordered freeze on subsidies to tertiary institutions is going to pinch many students where it already hurts. So we understand where the silent protest that University of the West Indies students mou ...more
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Measuring the success of Jamaica's football
Saturday, January 30, 2010
JAMAICA'S qualification to any senior World Cup Football finals, we have repeatedly contended in this space, cannot be the sole determination of success of the football administration of the day. Clearly, for success to be put in context, there must ...more
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Friday, January 29, 2010
THERE'S an interesting cartoon in the January 18 edition of the Trinidad Guardian newspaper. It portrays a svelte female employee of Trinidad's national carrier Caribbean Airlines chiding an obese passenger -- Air Jamaica -- for being overweight. Sta ...more
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Playing political football with the Finsac Enquiry
Thursday, January 28, 2010
IT would have been unrealistic, naïve even, to expect that the Finsac Commission of Enquiry would have been bereft of our customary politicking. But in this space, hope springs eternal. The circumstances under which the Commission had its genesis h ...more
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What do Mr Obama and Mr Golding have in common?
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Unfortunately, electorates only get a chance to dismiss their governments every four or five years. A lot can go wrong in that time period and it can take a much longer time, sometimes decades, to correct the bad policies of the past. The problem f ...more
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Another appeal for the Earthquake Unit
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
In some ways we feel like we are on a treadmill. And the staff at the Earthquake Unit on the University of the West Indies, Mona campus must feel the same. In 2004 and again in 2008, we raised in this space the issue of the needs of the Earthquake U ...more
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Monday, January 25, 2010
IT'S not often mentioned, but among the awful legacies of decades-old political tribalism in Jamaica is the 'roadblock' demonstration involving the use of fire and debris to block the streets. Jamaicans first became acquainted at close quarters with ...more
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Centuries ago, the colonial powers of the western world executed a monstrous plan to transport millions of Africans across the Atlantic in the name of slavery. It was, in every sense of the word, a raw ride -- the Africans were shackled and crammed l ...more
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The role of sport in Haiti's recovery
Saturday, January 23, 2010
More than a week since the cataclysmic earthquake that uprooted the very foundation of life in Haiti, stories of death and destruction coming out of the French-speaking Caribbean country still befuddle the mind. Equally, tales of survival and the ef ...more
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Friday, January 22, 2010
MORE than anyone else in society, politicians should be able to appreciate the importance of retaining a few shreds of credibility in their bag of tricks. They should be able to understand that everything they do must be prefaced by due diligence and ...more
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Haiti, I'm really, really sorry!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The anthem by Trinidad's David Rudder -- Haiti, I'm sorry -- aptly sums up the feeling of the entire human race as befuddled Haiti yesterday experienced yet another major quake. For those who have followed developments in Haiti, here indeed is a cou ...more
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Dr Martin Luther King and Mr Barack Obama
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
THIS week -- Monday and today -- marks significant anniversaries for two powerful American men, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr and Mr Barack Obama, current president of the United States of America. Monday was a public holiday in the USA celebrating the ...more
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No time to lose in securing Haiti
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
IN times of crisis, self-preservation is a natural human reaction. Therefore it was only a matter of time before survivors of last Tuesday's deadly earthquake in Haiti started looting and fighting for food, water and other supplies. And even as we a ...more
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Monday, January 18, 2010
We must be thankful to those historians, social commentators and journalists who strive relentlessly to remind us of the true Haitian story, and of Haiti's tremendous contribution, by dint of its monumental revolution of more than 200 years ago, to t ...more
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
WE extend our condolences to the family and friends of Trelawny's late custos, Mr Royland Barrett. The passing on Friday of Mr Barrett, whose contribution to Trelawny's development cannot be quantified, has created a void that will not easily be fil ...more
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A surprise choice and unprofessionalism
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The 49-year-old Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards -- now under the organisational and sponsorship umbrella of the RJR Communications Group -- are perhaps the most prized and respected of their type in Jamaican sport. So ...more
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Make your word your bond, Prime Minister
Friday, January 15, 2010
The moral suasion on which Prime Minister Bruce Golding is relying for the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) to meet its objective seems to be working, as more institutions and groups yesterday voiced support for the programme. However, while we take hear ...more
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