The importance of Vale Royal
The Vale Royal talks have begun at last. That they took place at all was because of the enormous pressure which civil society brought to bear on the two political parties, especially on the reluctant leadership of the PNP.
Fixing the economy
Since the election of last September, the new administration has spent much time tinkering with Parliament, contesting court cases, firing the Public Service Commission, campaigning for local government election...
Can the PNP be saved?
The Brian Meeks appraisal report on the People's National Party's electoral loss confirms that party disunity, the Trafigura scandal, disastrous election timing, lacklustre enumeration efforts, loss of the leaders debate and weak leadership combined to...
The CBI, CSM & EPA: How do they rate?
The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) came into operation in January 1984. It was a dream scheme! In the Central American and the Caribbean region, American goods imported by designated countries would continue to pay duty, but goods exported from those countries would cease to pay duty on entry into the United States.
Rethinking alternative investment schemes
There have been several calls recently, by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, journalists and others, for the Government to address the issue of non-regulated alternative investment schemes. The central issue has been to demand...
Unshackling the Constitution
It can be quite depressing to observe the shallowness of thought so often displayed in debates concerning our political constitution.
Ali Bhutto's rise and fall (Part II) - A historic perspective
Pakistan won independence from British Raj on August 14, 1947 on the basis of the Two Nation Theory which demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims. The human cost of this partition was high: over 100 million lives were disrupted...
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