Reaping the morning wind
ON THURSDAY last, I received one of those telephone calls which make bright so many of my mornings...HARTLEY NEITA

Fiddling while Rome burns
THE OLD adage that 'charity begins at home' applies everywhere else but Jamaica. Here the Government finds millions of dollars in the twinkling ...-DAWN RITCH

When the National Lottery was banned
ON MAY 9, 1972, three months into the life of the new People's National Party Government, Prime Minister Michael Manley addressed Parliament, announcing the Government's decision to abolish the National Lottery. The Government, he said, was convinced...

Greater control of gaming industry
THE GOVERNMENT, through the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), is currently engaged in a comprehensive review of the regulations governing the gaming sector.

Salute for a brave Simpson Miller
EMERSON, THE American philosopher, once remarked 'what a new face courage puts on everything' and we saw a shining example of this in Parliament on April 7 when Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, electrified a dull debate by...