PJ's legacy, Seaga's opportunity
BY NOW, the public discussion would have shifted to the new Cabinet, but after that peripheral chatter is over, we will have to come back to the more substantial issues raised by P.J. Patterson in his post-election victory speech...
Understanding the electoral mandate
BETWEEN 1944 and 1997, the average popular vote for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was 44 per cent. But this is calculated out of 94 per cent of votes cast for the People's National Party (PNP) and JLP and excludes the votes cast for independent and...
Journalists as agents of change in health
THE FOLLOWING are excerpts from the address delivered at the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) media awards ceremony, by Professor Rex Nettleford, vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), in Barbados on October 18.
Believe and achieve, says Carson
DR. BEN CARSON, Director of paediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Maryland, gained worldwide recognition for his part in the first successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head.
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