Trafigura - More heat than light
For those of us who have not mortgaged our souls to any of the political parties, the most jolting information which came out of the recent Trafigura debate in Parliament was the telling and compelling admission by...
A democratic tipping point
West Indies cricket once conjured up memories of halcyon glory. Nowadays, it usually means shameful humiliation. But, what one win can do. The Windies' victory over Australia on Wednesday put a smile on everyone's face...
Role of gov't in the Nat'l Plan
As we continue our look at Jamaica's 25-year National Plan, we need to ask ourselves a critical question; i.e. what is required to make Jamaica wealthy and sustain that wealth?
The 'Silly Season' and taking democracy seriously
The Jamaica Labour Party has begun its election campaign and already the term 'silly season' is being bandied about. There is nothing silly about democracy and the language of cynicism does...
'Diverse mix of historical analyses'
This book is the edited product of the Association of Caribbean Historians, emanating out of 33rd Annual Conference at the St Augustine Campus (UWI) in 2001. The book presents 10 different essays written by...
Women, community and change
There was a high level of excitement on the verandah of the One-Stop-Shop in the village. Miss Mattie and Maas George had been very busy organising a group of their cronies to put in place an action plan to deliver the...
Haiti: Latortue's legacy
Last month, an alarming new report on human rights abuses in Haiti under the interim Government, by two social work scholars, Athena Kolbe and Dr. Royce Hutson of Wayne State University, was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.
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