Disaster recovery upgrade
THE SAGA of the recovery of five bodies from a muddy pond at Myersville in St. Elizabeth early this week attracted the expected levels of national interest and concern generated by a tragedy of this nature.
The professorial question - Part I
LAST WEEK, in an examination room, a lecturer approached with a question: "How does one become a professor at the UWI?" he asked. Perhaps there was a quizzical look on my face, because he hastened to explain... - Stephen Vasciannie
London: A view from New York
NEW YORK CITY: THE CITY That Never Sleeps is also home to the transit system that never sleeps - a 24/7/365 network of bus and rail lines with 722 miles of subway as its centrepiece. - Dan Rather
Varieties of corruption
IF YOU are a politician, there are few more embarrassing experiences than to be caught at an airport with the equivalent of US$100,000 stuffed into your underpants. - Gwynne Dyer
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