Audley faces life
As Opposition Spokesman on Finance, he was glib, fiery and sensationalist. He would thunder against Omar Davies' economic polices, damning them as hopelessly muddled and counterproductive. Audley Shaw has always played well to the gallery. Now it's time for Audley to face the music. (Boyne)
Budgeting for shared growth
Up to August last year, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was very negative about the economy while raising great expectations of what it would do as a government. But since forming the Government the strategy has been the reverse. (Buddan)
Jamaica's energy challenges - Part III
The Jamaican economy is relatively energy intensive. Per capita energy consumption is estimated at over 10 barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Between 1990 and 2006 the GDP growth averaged at 1.1 per cent, while the increase in the demand for energy averaged at 2.5 per cent per annum. (Mian)
The patriarch and the prostitute
Writer Fiona Carson, in an essay titled 'Feminism and the Body', posits that the patriarch plays the dual role of regulating women's access to services such as contraception and abortion, while the idealised forms of women's bodies are "objectified by various means for male consumption and sexual delectation". (Simms)
Is free health care the answer?
The major players in the 'arena' of health care delivery are patients, employers, hospital administrators, (doctors and nurses as well), insurers, and the Government. All of the mentioned players have specific targets they want to achieve, but they often seem to be in conflict with each other. (Bonsu-Akoto)
Planetary meltdown and Jamaica
About 130,000 years ago (during the third inter-glacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, called the Sangamon), sea levels were much higher than they are today, perhaps by as much as six metres (about 18 feet). This is evidenced in Jamaica and elsewhere by physical coastal features stranded inland, such as wave-cut notches and elevated coral reefs. (Porter)
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