The deep crisis of education
THE DILAPIDATED condition of the Ministry of Education building at Heroes' Circle which the Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has pledged to rehabilitate, reflects the state of education in Jamaica, if Dr. Ralph Thompson's cogent analysis of the 2003 CXC...
Public Affairs - Seaga - unchallenged all the way
THE JAMAICA Labour Party will have its annual conference next month. Riding like the Lone Ranger into the National Arena in Kingston on Sunday, November 9, the final day of the two-day conference, will be Edward Phillip George Seaga who...
The darlings of the media
THE TWO politicians in this country who have got by far the most unremittingly favourable press in modern times have been Bruce Golding and Dr. Peter Phillips. It doesn't matter to the media that everything these men touch turns to dust, that nothing...
For whom the roads toll
THIS PAST week, a toll gate began operating on the new Highway 2000. As usual, there was one man who tried to beat the gate, refusing to pay the fee and holding up traffic for some minutes. The first record of a toll gate in Jamaica that I have come...
Interfaith relations
A FEW years ago the Governor-General, Sir Howard Cooke, proclaimed that October 2 each year should be observed as interfaith day. It is clear, however, that the religious community in Jamaica has not taken cognisance of this proclamation.
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