Commentary
Death in the deep
FOR NINE tense days, not only Russia, but the world, held its breath over the fate of the 118 crew members in the sunken nuclear submarine, the Kursk. In the first few days after the accident, taps from the submarine picked up by rescue vessels on the...

Education on a collision course
IT MAKES no sense whatsoever. There are schools in Jamaica that are understaffed, even while others are overstaffed. Enough teachers are employed, but the deployment of teachers is skewed, not according to the needs of the students - Daniel Thwaites

The Verizon strike
THERE HAVE been more dramatic events around the globe in recent days, such as the failed rescue of the Russian submarine or the looming crises in Burundi's and Northern Ireland's peace processes - John Rapley

Tourism beyond the beach
TREASURE BEACH: Those of us in the business of warm weather tourism marketing have, for sometime now, been watching a constant decline in the time spent on beaches by visitors - Desmond Henry
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