A funeral and a resurrection

THE TRUTH of the old Jamaican adage: 'weh noh ded noh bury', was well demonstrated by the results of the North East St. Ann by-election last Thursday. But even as it did so it also provided clear reason for a funeral. - C. Roy Reynolds

Now the work begins

On International Women's Day in the year 2000, the organisation, Women Working for Transformation was officially launched. One of its objectives is to foster the kind of leadership necessary for change in Jamaica, such... - Amina Blackwood Meeks

Shaggy dogs and mixed-up mutts

I WAS quite surprised by the language I heard coming from the morning programme on one of the local television stations on Thursday, March 8, International Womens' Day. We brought in some bitches, said one male voice. Seeing that my... - Tony Deyal

The challenges for agriculture

JAMAICA HAS for many centuries been a traditional agricultural country. The early plantation system with its slave labour was based on the economy of sugar. That in itself has created a number of problems. - A.W. Sangster