Tightening the purse strings
WE MUST applaud the Minister of Finance for moving to control the wage bill in the public sector. Perhaps as bad as sucking salt through a wooden spoon, is the tart pulp of the tamarind fruit which can force a Finance Minister to purse his lips with a...
The God, the Black and the Scotland Yardies
OCTOBER IS Black History Month in Britain and already some pretty historical things have happened. - Tony Hendriks
Sick soil syndrome
A FEW weeks ago Mr. Gilpin Hudson, a cane farmer from St. Catherine, won the "Letter-of-the-Day" award with his assertion that the low 2003 sugar crop was a consequence of a poor root system in the local cane varieties. - Hugh Martin
Oh , the noise!
A CHILDHOOD friend who is here on vacation from her adopted home in the Middle East made an interesting observation when we sat down for a chat recently. - Dennie Quill
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