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Editorial
Jamaican Editorials
No place for shambolic planning
Saturday, May 25, 2013
WE are pleased that the Reggae Boyz, made up mostly of local-based players, gave a good account of themselves in their drawn exhibition game against powerful English club Tottenham Hotspurs in The Bahamas on Thursday night. However, this newspaper is less than pleased with other aspects of the trip to The Bahamas. We ...more
Lest we forget...
Friday, May 24, 2013
On this date in 2010, police and soldiers started to enter Tivoli Gardens to apprehend Mr Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, whom the US Government had wanted on drug and gunrunning charges. Lest we forget or become confused by the many versions of the event ...more
Don't wait, start talking now
Thursday, May 23, 2013
BATTLE lines have now been drawn in the current dispute between teachers in the public school system and the Government. Yesterday, this newspaper reported that the teachers' union, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), has suspended all monthly ...more
Manifestly, wantonly incorrect rating agencies
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
WE'LL start by first acknowledging that the Caribbean is in the midst of a serious debt crisis as measured in the debt/GDP ratio as follows: 140% in St Kitts-Nevis; 100% in Antigua-Barbuda, Grenada and Jamaica; 80% in Barbados and Dominica; and 80% i ...more
Hoping for the best from 'Caribbean Challenge'
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Last weekend's meeting of Caribbean political and business leaders in the British Virgin Islands was not the type that would normally attract much attention. However, the issues discussed were most important to the survival of this region.
Hosted by ...more
What violence-torn St James, nay all Jamaica, can learn from Flanker
Monday, May 20, 2013
It's easily and readily recognised that good, proactive leadership is essential to the organisation of any society. Sadly, it is a quality lacking all across Jamaica, which is one of the main reasons so many communities are dysfunctional. It would a ...more
Local companies should follow Jamaica Broilers into Haiti
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Haiti is, more often than not, dismissed as a viable market for exports from Jamaica and is usually not thought of as a possible opportunity for Jamaican companies to establish and do business there. The reasons voiced for ignoring Haiti are numerou ...more
Kudos to Harbour View FC
Saturday, May 18, 2013
WE join the football fraternity in hailing Harbour View FC, champions of the Red Stripe Premier League for 2012/2013. We are told that this is the fourth premier league title for a club which dates back several decades and was formally incorporated ...more
Capitalise on Rev Redwood's decision
Friday, May 17, 2013
GIVEN how the Rev Stanley Redwood gave a good account of himself during his short stint as Senate president, we have no doubt that he will, as he told this newspaper, continue to serve Jamaica from his new home in Canada. It will be easy, we believe ...more
Ban Ki-Moon's warning not to be taken lightly!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
UNITED Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a warning to the world's business community yesterday that, we believe, is most pertinent to Jamaica and indeed our sister Caribbean states. According to Mr Ban, economic losses linked to disasters ...more
Ever heard of Dr Don Shirley, another great but forgotten Jamaican?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
MOST countries have a 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' to honour those whose achievements were heroic but forgotten. When things are tight financially, people don't want to bother with anything they regard as esoteric. However, we should consider erecti ...more
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