The JLP and local gov't reform
As the Jamaica Labour Party holds its first annual conference today since regaining power after 18 years adrift, it has the opportunity to demonstrate some level of political maturity befitting its 64 years of...
Whither local government?
On December 5, Jamaicans will be going to the polls to elect 227 councillors for 14 local authorities. While the campaign provides the opportunity for a meaningful debate on the future of local authorities as an integral part of Jamaica's system of governance, it is not... - Arnold Bertram
JLP promises, figment of its imagination
The kindest thing that can be said of Prime Minister Bruce Golding's first broadcast to the nation has already been said. In their editorial, this newspaper said he "gave an impressive perspective on the country's problems ...", though what he intended to do about them remained unclear. - Dawn Ritch
That's U, not WI
On the former plantation, there was so much white that the blacks were outnumbered. During the University of the West Indies' (UWI) graduation on Saturday, November 10, there was a sea of vacant white chairs half-way through the ceremony. - Orville W. Taylor
Scrap metal business and the art of war
Just when we thought it was over, another round has begun. Last Thursday, a bunch of workers and dealers in the scrap metal business blocked a part of the Spanish Town Road close to the Riverton landfill in St. Andrew. It was an act of protest. - Cedric Wilson
|
