Don Foote's dilemma - The Eastern Westmoreland by-election
ON JUNE 7, the PNP candidate Luther Buchanan - outside of a miracle - will be declared the winner and next Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eastern Westmoreland.
The quest for empowerment
PORTIA SIMPSON Miller wants governance for community-based development, greater moral probity, activist constituency representation, and stronger institutions to channel economic benefits to the poor.
Beware the waggonists
AS EDWARD Seaga has accurately pointed out, in the recent Budget Debate Audley Shaw embraced Dr. Omar Davies' economic model. It is hilarious to hear Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) sympathisers criticising Dr. Davies and apparently failing to understand...
Breaking the Da Vinci code
AFTER BECOMING the biggest-selling novel of all time, selling over 40 million copies and being translated into over 40 languages, The Da Vinci Code is already grossing one of the highest ever box-office ticket sales.
The 1938 Frome labour riots (Part I)
MAY MARKS the 68th anniversary of the labour which gave birth to modern Jamaica, but - as is usual - it passed without notice or fanfare. Neither the State nor the labour movement seemed to remember the three weeks of militant action in May...
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