EDITORIAL - Platform for the real debate
PUBLICATION OF the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) manifesto for the upcoming general election is a good beginning for what should be the real debate to be widened when the People's National Party (PNP) belatedly launches its own manifesto....
Slave work, slave family
As Emancipation Day approaches, my son and I labour in the hot sun of a July day in our own yard. We stop for ice-cold lemonade made by the wife and mother. Not seasoned for heavy manual work, we stop when we feel like and quit after a couple of hours... - Martin Henry
Global credit meltdown
When the world's major central banks began raising interest rates a couple years ago, financial markets sailed happily past them. By boosting the cost of borrowing from governments, central bankers hoped to reduce the amount of credit... - John Rapley
The brand of slavery
Yesterday we celebrated a day when Black people in British colonies could no longer be branded with a hot iron, heated to an extreme temperature and plunged into the skin so as to indelibly stamp their owner's initials.... - Melville Cooke
NOTE-WORTHY: Campaign shame
It is a shame to see how our leaders are behaving on the campaign trail. On First News on TVJ Monday morning, July 30, scenes were shown from both political parties' meetings and one wonders the way these leaders portray themselves if they are suitable to lead a country.
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