Accuracy of official data
IN RECENT days queries have again been raised about the accuracy of official data. Considering the vital importance of Government statistics for planning in both the public and private sectors, these concerns cannot be treated lightly. No less a person...
Let's be fair to teachers
TEACHERS ARE some of our unsung heroes. My mother is a retired teacher. Although she retired over 20 years ago her academic and disciplinary legacy remain to this day. Once in a while I see some of her past students and they tell me of her positive...
Political suicide
IF SANITY prevails, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will hold elections for a new leader on Saturday, November 6, 2004. If the elections are allowed to be held, a new leader will be elected. If a new leader is elected, most political commentators,...
Americans voting on war
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT of the United States, George Bush, has made the war in Iraq his centerpiece campaign issue. His challenger, U.S. Senator John Kerry, is trying to show that if he was commander-in-chief he would have executed the war in Iraq much...
Presidents who soldier on...
TODAY'S EXTRACT IS FROM THE EDITORIAL PUBLISHED A YEAR AGO NOVEMBER 2, 2003. MOST NATIONAL leaders, like old soldiers, seem to fade, praised or reviled, into the pages of history. Our own Prime Minister says he will make his exit sometime in the present.
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