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Commentary

Tradition in the House
THE BUSH JACKET phase of Parliament has faded as one of the contentious mementos of the Michael Manley era. Dubbed the Kareeba, the new-look dress suit was fashioned by the new administration in the 1970s with the rallying cry: "Jacket and tie must go."

Diseases as enviro indicators

OVER THE course of one brief century, the 20th, humankind has seriously, and perhaps irreversibly, altered our global environment. Among the changes made, tens of thousands of synthetic chemicals have been pumped into the... - Martin Henry

Election Day in Britain

AS THE sun rises over Jamaica, Britons will be in polling booths voting to return the Labour Party to office. Privately, even the country's Conservative opposition concedes that Tony Blair will be re-elected as Prime Minister. - John Rapley

A brief history of Jamaica

THE HISTORY books claim Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica back in 1494, but that's just not true. He was merely the first European tourist to come to our shores. He came EP, not All-Inclusive! But long before Columbus... - Tony Hendriks










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