The PM's faux pas
We would hope that by now Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reflected on her speech at Wednesday's handover of homes to residents of her South West St. Andrew constituency under the administration's Inner-City Housing Project.
Jamaica's debt trap: a vicious circle
The Washington-based Council of Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) issued a report last week entitled "Jamaica: Debt, Economic Performance and Labour Productivity." Written by research associate and Jamaican national... - Keith Collister
IMF prescription - same old story
It was rather interesting to read the International Monetary Fund's (IMF ) recommendations on shutting down the national airline and targeting the sugar industry in the September 15, 2006, edition of the online Gleaner. - Ronald Brown
Never trust any J'can Government
When I started working at 22, with a first degree, my annual salary was $8,000. I rented an unfurnished, air-conditioned, one-bedroom apartment in Manor Park with separate living/dining room and kitchen for $150 a month. - Dawn Ritch
Poly 'ticks'
I open my newspaper and I smell the bittersweet odour of elections. A harsh whiff of orange causes a 'shower' of tears and the green grass underfoot rises up to counter it. The ripe oranges on the trees are only... - Orville W. Taylor
Plato and the education system
If the production of good policy documents ensured progress, Jamaica would have abolished poverty, illiteracy and the whole list of socio-economic maladies long time ago. We are incredibly talented at coming up with... - Cedric Wilson
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