Editorial - The JLP's sound and fury
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE and other forms of protests have long been used in Jamaica and elsewhere as means of effecting change for a perceived higher good whether it be a roll back in prices or to demand that some injustice be addressed.
Showdown in Haiti - By the ballot or the bullet?
A SHOWDOWN OF no mean order is brewing in Haiti, leading up to the October elections, between the haves and the have-nots, between the elite, their international backers and the populace, between those who are determined to maintain the status quo...
Robber barons on the loose
FOR THE good of the country, the interminably Patterson-led administration must come to an end as soon as possible. There must be no delay. Outside of athletics, the only records being broken in Jamaica are those for official corruption, waste...
Precious life
THOU SHALT not kill! I don't know which Bible or Qur'an some religious extremists read, but in any language the commandment not to take life, including one's own, is deeply entrenched in the two main religions born in the Middle East.
Defining fringe benefits
EMPLOYERS AND employees alike should be aware of what can happen when restrictions such as employee fringe benefits as the telephone or the company car are not detailed explicitly in the terms of employment.
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