'Poco' economics just won't cut it
WELL, AT LAST we seem to be getting consensus on economic policy. As the recent non-debate about the non-alternative between our non-Government and our non-Opposition proved, what is essential now is 'low inflation.' This is the crucial point. The...
What would the JLP do?
OMAR DAVIES must be the most unpopular and hated man in Jamaica today. When he is not the object of venom in heated, bellicose conversations, he is the butt of unflattering jokes and ridicule. It's a good thing the Finance Minister has such a vast...
Royal royalties from slavery
NO HARM done by Caribbean people to Britain in the past few years can ever come close to the destruction that Britain and Europe caused the African people of the Caribbean over centuries of slavery. Britain and Europe profited immensely from the...
Jamaica - failed or failing state?
SINCE THE mid-1990s the issue of the 'failed state' has become a concern of international relations and political sociology. The concept came into vogue with the spectacular collapse of central government authority in Somalia in 1994 and the...
Steve Samuels, the new face of Students' Christian Fellowship
"EIGHTY PER CENT of membership of churches today became converted before age 15. If we are going to impact this nation, we have to impact people 15 and under. Because above 15 it becomes far more difficult." So says the Rev. Dr. Stevenson Samuels, the...
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