EDITORIAL - Governance and real politik
A week ago, on September 6, we called in this space for greater effort in the clean-up of public spaces in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. We note that in his inaugural address to the impressive King's House ceremony and the nation at large, Prime Minister Golding echoed our call...
Not conceding and the rule of law
I worked radio, RJR 94, on election night occupying a close to ringside seat in the unprecedented, heart-attack counting of ballots. It was clear from pretty early that the polls were holding up and that results would be the closest of calls... - Martin Henry
September 11, September 12
So now September 11 has two meanings specific to Jamaica. It has long been the day in 1987 that Peter Tosh was murdered in Barbican and, 20 years after that, it is now the day Bruce Golding was sworn in as Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister... - Melville Cooke
Into uncharted territory
Economic data coming out of the U.S. home prices will fall this year. It will be the first time since the country began keeping national records on home prices. Many economists reckon that the last time a fall of this scale occurred was in the Great Depression... - John Rapley
NOTE-WORTHY: No to shredding
In the midst of congratulating the government on its well deserved victory, I am saddened to see a practice circumscribed by the courts here in America put in place in Jamaica by the defeated Government - the shredding of governmental documents....
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