Media bias and democracy
It is never in the interest of politicians publicly to attack or criticise the media. They can't win that battle. While they have the right, like every other citizen, to criticise the media, it is a right they should waive.
Don't let the pot boil over
Politics can decide the destinies of nations. But to many people an election is just another exciting contest where I want my side to win no matter what. And party candidates and voters find it as difficult to be objective as football players and fans.
Jamaica's national security policy
On Tuesday, June 12, the Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, tabled Jamaica's National Security Policy (NSP), and the next day he made his sectoral presentation elaborating on achievements and plans ahead.
A forensic college is needed
Kudos to The Gleaner and Jacqueline Samuels-Brown for the Letter of the Day published on June 19, bemoaning certain deficiencies of our forensic lab in this land we love.
CARICOM and the future global system
Below is an excerpt of the address by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to the Conference on the Caribbean held in Washington, D.C., last week.
Strategic structural transformation
The following is the first part of an extract from a speech presented by Dr. Dr. Wesley Hughes, director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaicaj to the Conference on Globalisation and the Problems of Development. The conference was convened by La Asociacion Nacional de Economistas y Contadores, February 6-10, 2006, Havana, Cuba.
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