Leading by example - Crisis of leadership
EVO MORALES, the recently-elected President of Bolivia, has announced that he is to cut his presidential salary by 57 per cent. His salary was a little over US$4,186 or J$263,718 per month, and he has cut it to US$1,800 per month or J$113,400.
Crisis of leadership The price of disunity
EDWARD SEAGA spent the last decade of his political career trying to undo the divisions within the JLP which he himself had done much to create. He did not succeed. Even at the conference at which his party bade him farewell, the disunity prevailed and...
Crisis of leadership - Losing the plot?
"THE BEST laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley" go oft awry. In politics, where personalities loom so large and the media glare magnifies every mishap and mistake, Robbie Burns' old saw goes double. Take the situation...
Exaggerated gamesmanship
WITH ALLEGATIONS flying about bribing and the intimidation of delegates in the upcoming Peoples National Party (PNP) presidential race, strange things seem to be happening in and to that party.
Building EU relations
IN MAY 2004, the European Union (EU) grew from a grouping of 15 to 25 member states. In 2008, Romania and Bulgaria will join the E.U. It is also possible but hugely controversial that at some future date, Turkey may become a member.
New scramble for Africa
LAST YEAR was dubbed 'The Year of Africa' and an estimated two billion people viewed the 'Live 8' charity concerts headed by Bono and Bob Geldoff. Developed country leaders in Gleneagles, Scotland, put Africa at the top of their agenda, pledging to...
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