Modern plagues - THE HIV AND FLU PANDEMICS
WHILE MANY Jamaicans are preoccupied with increases in bus fares, electricity and water, and are absorbed in the day-to-day tribal politics in Jamaica, Armageddon-like threats loom on the global horizon.
The world we are up against
THE INTERNATIONAL relations journal Foreign Policy (2003) produced a telling article that happens to be especially relevant to small developing countries and those who study or manage the state. - Robert Buddan
A new 'Lock-Them-Up' Bill
IT WAS recently reported in the local media that Robert Gregory, the chief executive officer of HEART/NTA, has once again raised the issue of the low levels of literacy among the Jamaican population.- Glenda Simms
Cultural identity Not so, Mr Seaga!
A DANGEROUS and discredited doctrine was recently given new life by the University of the West Indies. It was rehashed by the Most Honourable Edward Seaga, Distinguished Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies and Research ...
No political tinkering needed in the development of youth
THERE IS a school of thought that the political directorate should stay clear of a cataclysmic divide on certain critical issues affecting our nation such as health, education, inter alia other social services. - Junior Rose
A culture of separation keeps us enslaved
I NOTE with interest Michael Dingwall's conclusion that culture is holding us back. (Sunday Gleaner August 14, 2005). Firstly, culture, by its very nature, is ever evolving, moving forward at every moment.
|
