Editorial - Aristide should be welcomed
THE IMPENDING visit of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has generated wide reaction, perhaps because Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's announcement does not make entirely clear why such a visit is being entertained at this time...
Jamalco expansion: Hold the applause
THE RECENT announcement of plans by Alcoa to expand its Jamalco alumina refinery from 1.25 million metric tonnes per annum to 2.65 million tonnes represents an ideal opportunity to review the role of the bauxite/alumina industry...
CARICOM is a big farce
BY THEIR own admission, not a single CARICOM prime minister was called by Jean-Bertrand Aristide before he left Haiti. Instead he apparently called "some other person" in the Caribbean, because that is how we first heard of the re-fuelling stop...
Sicario-style killings come home
THE SICARIO-STYLE assassination on Friday, February 20, of Senior Superintent Lloyd Anthony McDonald, 45, of the Mobile Reserve, Harman Barracks, Up-Park Camp, Kingston, was as brazen as the commission of murder can ever get in civilised Jamaica.
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