Cricket's long-term benefits
THE ARGUMENTS and counter arguments about the cost to the country of hosting a part of next year's Cricket World Cup tournament reflect a sad lack of appreciation by both the Government and the parliamentary Opposition of the real and potential...
JAMAICA'S EDUCATION CRISIS: Honesty and political will needed
ADVICE IS cheap, and the new Prime Minister has had loads of it from influential big shots many of whom have had their turn to govern and to fail. - Michael Franklin
... Family life education an imperative
RECENTLY THERE has been increased focus on education because of the realisation that as a nation our children are performing academically way below the level of our Caribbean counterparts and because of the increase in... - Esther Tyson
White elephants and public expenditure
SPORT JUST leaves me cold. I cannot stand competition, and cannot imagine why anybody would do it for fun. As far as I'm concerned, only a nut case sponsors a sports team and thinks it is good public relations, worse still... - Dawn Ritch
Bushy Iraqi road
FOR THE past several months, we have been so caught up in the issues of governance in this little country that we have completely ignored the American crisis in the Middle East which affects us more than you think. - Orville W. Taylor
This idea of a failed state
NOT SO long ago one of our prominent businessmen referred to Jamaica as a failed state. Since then, from time to time, we hear equally prominent and not so prominent individuals also refer to Jamaica as a failed state. - Herbert Lewis
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