Betrayal of 'emancipendence'
Forty-six years of independence have left people with a "so what?" or a "we're worse off" sentiment. The Government is trying its best to stimulate excitement in emancipation and independence celebrations, but Jamaicans will catch as much of the entertainment fire...
On your marks, get set, go?
This is the long-awaited month for the holding of the Olympics Games, being held in the People's Republic of China. Beijing, China's capital city, is getting ready to put on the mother of all Olympic shows.
Sugar and independence
We celebrate another year of independence and emancipation assessing once again where we go from here. The agriculture upon which the economy has rested for hundreds of years is facing fundamental and long-term changes.
Haiti and Jamaica - sister nations
Although the headlines of the "drive-by media" would lead us to believe that the relationship between Haiti and Jamaica is limited to the rather grim concerns of the guns-for-drugs trade, and the no-room-at-the-inn policy...
The progressive challenge: A time for renewal
The following is an excerpt of the presentation delivered to the National Executive Council of the People's National Party (PNP) by incumbent president, Portia Simpson Miller on Sunday, July 27.The outcome of the 2007 General Elections...
An appeal to the Bar Association president
The fulfilment of the aims of a democratic society requires that the legal profession perform its true role, and be seen as part of the bastion between the state and the citizen.In recent times, there has been both covert and open criticism of the...
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