Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
Published: Monday Sunday | August 16, 2009
WANTED: An Omar-Bruce debate
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) has called for the reconvening of Parliament to discuss the state of the economy, post-Standard and Poor's downgrade. I have a better idea: Let the PNP's top economic thinker debate the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) top economic thinker, an Omar Davies-Bruce Golding matchup, in the public interest. Read More...
Managing crisis in Jamaica and Cuba
CUBA CANNOT receive loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the multilaterals. It is under a trade embargo from the United States. Its tax system is limited to foreign companies and currencies. Read More...
Partying in Havana
IF EVER you want to paint the town red, there are more places to go out to in Havana than you can shake either a stick or a leg at. And Cuba's capital city could do with a coat of paint - so no trouble there. Read More...
Athletes and drug testing
DURING THE National Junior and Senior Track and Field Championships held at the National Stadium on June 26-28, a number of athletes had urine samples taken from them. Read More...
New financial secretary, new political economy?
SO, THE long-serving director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr Wesley Hughes, is heading to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service as financial secretary. Read More...
Murdoch to the Rescue?
CAN RUPERT Murdoch save the newspaper industry by making people pay to read the news online? Probably not, though his reputation as a financial wizard (he is many times a billionaire) has bewitched a lot of people... Read More...
Cassava: thenumber one industrial crop
IN READING your article on cassava I am forced to provide a few pointers on the direction in which the country should go. I will state here categorically that cassava must be the number one crop for agro industry in the areas of energy, industry, human and livestock consumption. Read More...
