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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Sunday | January 20, 2008

EDITORIAL - Redeveloping downtown Kingston
It would be surprising if the Government does not receive wide public support for the redevelopment projects for downtown Kingston, announced last week by Prime Minister Golding. But as Mr. Golding will be aware, the new transport centre for West Street and the rehabilitation of St. William Grant Park were previously promised by two immediate predecessors, P.J. Patterson and Portia Simpson Miller.

The use of force

Inflation is shooting up above 15 per cent and the dollar has begun to slide again. Interest rates are rising sharply, with severe implications for the debt-servicing burden on our budget. The U.S. economy seems to be heading into recession with extremely serious implications for the Jamaican economy and society. Yet, little attention is being paid to these dramatic developments. (Robotham)

Agendas within agendas

The first time Portia Simpson Miller took her seat in the House of Representatives as the Opposition Leader, I almost had a heart attack. I've watched her for almost as long as she's been in politics, and never seen her so confident, comfortable and happy. (Ritch)

Mealy-mouthed dismissal afoot

Pink is the colour of women and there is a little bug that the Government is having some success in eliminating. It is the pink 'O'Meally' bug, and one way of rendering it ineffective is to introduce a little 'parasitoid' wasp from a similar environment. (Taylor)

The alt-scheme bubble

Recently, Ricardo Azan, the central figure behind an exclusive private-investment club admitted to the approximately 180 club members that the scheme had crashed. Mr. Azan's club, which required from new entrants a minimum investment of US$25,000, is said to have paid out monthly returns of 40-60 per cent. (Wilson)





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