Editorial - Rampant rural neglect
Deep rural Jamaica is dying and it will need much more than Highway 2000 to revive it. Rural towns such as Troy in Trelawny, Cascade, Hanover, and others all over Jamaica have become virtual ghost towns.
Britain, Jamaica and their drug problems
Not many years ago, if a country had a drug problem, it was thought that it was of its own making and it would have had to deal with it in its own way and all by itself. But not anymore.
Mama, my mother
My mother was Mama all through my early years. Adults who were family friends called her Abbie. To others she was Miss Abbie. The first time I called her Abbie, she glared at me.
War of succession
The April Stone Poll asked the question "Which political leader would you like to see become Prime Minister after the next General Election?" The results were Edward Seaga 31.9 per cent, P. J. Patterson 24.4 per cent...
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