Elevating the family
IT IS refreshing to see that the Prime Minister has elevated the issue of family life to the centre of the national agenda, and that she has taken on what amounts to a national crusade for responsible parenting, particularly fatherhood.
Cementing a culture of humbug
THE CRISIS in the building and construction industry resulting from the shortage of cement exposes once again how we can, with style, humbug ourselves.
Humanising tertiary education
THE TOPIC presumes, quite rightly perhaps, that tertiary education in Jamaica really does need humanising, that the state of health of the present system may need treatment and revitalisation.
Shooting the messenger
"Glorianna's homecoming sparks near riot Patrons who went to see the Montego Bay premier of 'Glory to Glorianna', threatened a stampede on Thursday." The Observer, May 8, 2006
Indian civilisation - Worthy of emulation
THE MONTH of May is significant for Indians in the Caribbean. It is the month in which Indians first arrived (in different years) in Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica. CARICOM is, in reality, a largely Afro-Asian region.
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