Alvin Curling's achievement
ONCE AGAIN there is cause for celebration of the achievement of a Jamaican son of the soil who has been elevated to a position of respect and influence in another land. The latest news of the election of Kingston-born Canadian resident Alvin Curling to...
How much is a degree worth?
The following is an extract of a speech delivered by journalist and playwright, the Hon. Barbara Gloudon, O.J. at the graduation ceremony of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, on Saturday, November 8, 2003, after she and Professor...
Politics is not for wimps
A POLITICIAN must be a hero. A politician without valour is not a politician, but a chess player or a businessman. He's not even an artist...-DAWN RITCH
Ablutions of yesterday
I SAT, twice each day, on a latrine seat for the first 10 years of my life. The latrine was in a outhouse. It was disinfected with Jeyes. We did not have toilet tissue paper then, so my father tore assorted paper into ... -HARTLEY NEITA
Sanitation a big issue!
WHEN WE speak about sanitation we are referring to measures that are effective in creating and sustaining healthy environmental conditions. These measures include ...LINNETTE VASSELL
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