EDITORIAL - The line between policy and performance
As we have suggested, the Cuban light bulb affair involving Kern Spencer provides an opportunity to redefine the relationship between the professional civil/public servants and their political bosses.We...
'No taxation without representation'
Let's launch a revolution! Our parliamentary representatives have been largely stripped of their powers to regulate taxation and expenditure from taxes. The executive of government has largely usurped these powers. Parliamentary government had its genesis in struggles over taxation...Martin Henry
Lurching from crisis to crisis
LONDON, England:You know global warming must be a reality when you get several days of gloriously sunny weather in London in the middle of February. What happened to the once reliable sogginess of this time of year? If there was one other certainty in life to add...John Rapley
NOTE-WORTHY: Vic Reid legacy
On page C3 of Wednesday's Gleaner, the item giving some information about the 'ICON' Victor Stafford Reid short-changed him by omitting several important facts and publications. Mentioned were New Day, The Leopard, Mount Ephraim and Sixty-five as his major works.
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