Editorial - Boosting port security
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has rued the fact that more than US$20 million was being spent on security measures at the island's ports. He suggested that as important as security matters were there was an even greater need for expansion of the port.
Beyoncé the boundary
THE ENGLISH expression to "be in the pink" seemed to have worked for Beyonce. She opened the Grammy Awards performing "Purple Rain" with "TAFKAP" (The Artist Formerly Known As Prince).
UWI must rationalise its 'top-heavy' staff
BASED ON not-so-recent debates on the reduction of subsidy to the university by the state, there is now a greater call for operating all aspects of the university in a more efficient way.
National woes: drain on the well-being of the older persons
THE ISSUES of crime, violence, and drastic remedial interventions by the government to the country's economic woes, will place a stranglehold on the survival of the Jamaican elderly.
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