HARD TIMES AHEAD
IT IS not unusual for Jamaicans to hear that we will have to 'tighten our belts' a little more as the coming year will be a challenging or difficult one. In fact, pronouncements such as these are expected. Jamaica's development challenges are many and...
Can Government achieve CONSENSUS?
LAST YEAR the Government tabled a budget which, in its preparation, must have involved limited analysis, even less consultations and a poor understanding of the likely impact on the economy of the proposed policies. With a $13.8 billion tax package...
Jamaica's gathering storm
THE ISLAND is bracing itself for the economic storm on the horizon. Many have no material with which to batten down. And the foundation of our economic house is anything but firm. If there were ever a time when Jamaicans needed to unite and band...
Political brinkmanship
THE PATTERSON administration seems to be tending towards accepting the trade unions' proposal of wage restraints in exchange for minimal job cuts to deal with the fiscal crunch. This, instead of the package of expenditure cuts, including job cuts, for...
Missed opportunities: From old partners to new partnerships
THE ECONOMY is clearly the focus for this period. Already Mr. Seaga has put in his word about how best to manage the economy. His solution is that which he applied in the 1980s - cutting back spending and reducing interest rates. The confederation of...
'Dumbsizing' J'can companies
THE ILO convention 158 prescribes procedures, which speak to the need to protect workers and ensuring that their employment is only terminated for valid reasons.
The Strom Thurmond syndrome: The past is the present
PRESIDENT THOMAS Jefferson, one of the great forefathers of the United States of America and the late Senator Strom Thurmond are prime examples of men who used their power to force women to accept situations of sexual exploitation and psychological...
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