EDITORIAL - Financing local research and development
We are excited that Jamaican scientist Dr. Henry Lowe, and an American colleague, Dr. Joseph Bryant, are working on developing a drug, using two plants endemic to the island, which show great promise in fighting a range of cancers.
High schools - fodder for fast food outlets
The amazing accomplishment of Audetta McClure must have raised the hopes of scores of hairdressers across the country. A teacher of cosmetology, Ms. McClure has become a world-beater.... - Dennie Quill
Racing through New Kingston
Sunday, December 10, 2005 was the 82nd anniversary of the birth of Jamaica's fourth Prime Minister, Michael Norman Manley. The anniversary celebrations took the form of a lecture by Dr. Manning Marable... - Heather Robinson
Regrets and reparations
Tony Blair's expressions of sorrow over the transatlantic slave trade have reopened an important debate. His statement recognised that 'Britain's rise to global pre-eminence was partially dependent on a system of colonial... - Anthony Gifford
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