Confronting Corruption
IN MAY this year, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson summoned the permanent secretaries of all government ministries to a meeting to discuss incidences of corruption in the public sector. One can conclude from this that the Prime Minister ...

Politics, succession and democracy
AN EXCELLENT set of articles on the People's National Party (PNP) succession race in last Sunday's Gleaner allows us to draw the following conclusions on the present state of the contest:

HAITI : Democracy DENIED
ONE Of the fundamental questions of our times, which helped to define the 20th century, and continues to define the present one, is the establishment and consolidation of democracy ...

The MELTING POT team
I'VE SEVERAL times heard Jamaica referred to as 'a black country', a statement made by people who want to talk about Jamaica in terms of colour.

Solving Jamaica's energy problem - This is Part III of an ongoing series.
THE PETROLEUM Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has secured technical assistance from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to examine Jamaica's renewable energy base.