History beckons Mr Golding
Bruce Golding, Jamaica's Prime Minister, recently displayed the kind of conviction, and importantly, a clear grasp of the emerging global dynamic that marks him, potentially, as the leader to fill the vacuum left by...
PUBLIC AFFAIRS: What's up at UWI? Graduate students cite inadequate funding, poor administration
In the Caribbean, the University of the West Indies (UWI) has regarded itself as the leading institution in the area of research. The university brags about its numerous publications in top international journals and research relevant to our West Indian and wider global societies.
Leave libel laws alone
The worship of the freedom to slander has begun in earnest with the establishment of the prime minister's committee to review Jamaican libel laws. All the media worthies sit on it, a former judge, lawyers, and a president of journalists. - Dawn Ritch
Barack history month
It might only seem important to the half dozen or so American citizens who are currently masquerading as Jamaican Members of Parliament on both sides of the House, but Barack Obama looks like he has a legitimate shot at becoming the sixth black... - Orville W. Taylor
'Read my lips ...'
Twenty years ago, while running for president of the United States, a candidate named George H.W. Bush was trailing his democratic rival in the polls. One memorable speech was very instrumental in making the father of the current president surge past his rival in the polls and become the victor. - Lambert Brown
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