Planning for Cricket World Cup
IN ANY context, US$93 million is a lot of money. In the context of Jamaica and the country's economic situation, it is a massive sum over J$6 billion at current exchange rates or about four per cent of the Government's allocation for spending...
PUBLIC AFFAIRS - New Parliament building? ... Still a contentious proposal
THE VETERAN journalist, Hartley Neita, recalls it well. It was the late 1950s. Duke Street was abuzz with excitement. A new Parliament building was being opened. - Earl Moxam
Branson deserves a rum
SIR RICHARD Branson's airline has at last, in 2006, come to Jamaica. Virgin Atlantic Airways began service to the Caribbean in 1988 with flights to Barbados, St. Lucia and Antigua. In 2003, the airline launched weekly services... - Dawn Ritch
Football, racism, and d-cons
MY LAST hope for the World Cup 'Ghana' dem yard. Brazil reminded us that Ghana was formerly the 'Goal Coast'. Before that, Togo was good 'to go'. Despite their name, Tunisia could not squeeze into the second round and Côte... - Orville W. Taylor
Facing the storms
IT SEEMS that we are about to enter into a very stormy political season. The first 100 days of the new Prime Minister are now over. From her first and indeed successful summit of CARICOM leaders in St. Kitts, she has thrown down... - Lambert Brown
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