The Tivoli 5
The new Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has made his mark. "Tivoli is the mother of all garrisons," he proclaimed, when he was wearing another hat as Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force. Now that he is Police Commissioner, the first act of his new regime is to attempt to prove his statement correct. (Seaga)
Building an ethical Jamaica
Once a year, we can expect the country's elite to turn up for prayer and a sermon, and that is at the National Prayer Breakfast. But Jamaica's most powerful and influential men and women don't really put as much store in their own lives and thinking on religious values. (Boyne)
Building a humane Jamaica
Last week, the new Half-Way Tree Transport Centre was opened: It is a massive and impressive structure costing almost $5 billion and providing valuable services for more than 300,000 commuters who pass through Half-Way Tree, in most cases, twice a day. (Phillips)
UWI at 60 - Its role in nation building
The University of the West Indies officially begins its 60th anniversary celebrations today. Those 60 years were directed at producing a new Caribbean from out of the old. The next 60 years will have to be about producing a global Caribbean and happily the UWI has a strategic plan in place to equip it to do so. (Buddan)
Davies, the exchange rate and inflation
Yes, Dr. Davies, maybe I was unfair to you in some respects in my January 6 piece. As you wrote on January 15, it's perhaps not unreasonable for a finance minister to leave himself wiggle room in case of unforeseen. (Chang)
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