EDITORIAL - Systemic abattoir mess
The irony of their self-righteousness was apparently lost on the parade of public officials who commented to this paper on the sorry state of Jamaican abattoirs. No one took responsibility. It was all an attempt of exculpation except, perhaps, for Basil Wright, the president...
EDITORIAL - Good move at AG's office
Dorothy Lightbourne has been the revelation of Bruce Golding's Cabinet - but not in a positive way. As an opposition member of the Senate, we used to consider her constructive and and hoped she would bring a thoughtful expansiveness to a ministerial portfolio...
Please, not another study!
Prime Minister Bruce Golding was down in Trinidad on the weekend at a CARICOM crime summit proposing a "serious study" on the causes of crime, both here and in Trinidad and Tobago.We have had so many studies done over the years about the causes of crime here in Jamaica... - Vernon Daley
In praise of Patrick Foster
A couple months ago, I said to a lawyer that I was very pleased with Patrick Foster, then deputy solicitor general of Jamaica, based on a magnanimous and courageous letter he wrote to The Gleaner in which he refuted what a contributor had claimed was Professor Stephen Vasciannie's... - Devon Dick
NOTE-WORTHY: Airline future
China Air buying Air Jamaica, on the face of it, does not make sense; but think about a couple of factors. Only the Far East airlines are making money. The Chinese middle class is growing at a very fast pace, so if we are to tap into that market air support is needed.
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