A happy new year, anyone?
Lots of wishes will be made for a happy new year tonight, amid drinking, revelling, and much enjoyment. People will wish themselves a happy one with much expectancy. But, do they know how to make the year truly happy?
What does prosperity mean?
This is a time when we wish each other a prosperous year ahead. But, what does prosperity mean, how is it achieved, and is the world doing better or worse at achieving it?
The guilt of slavery undimmed
Recently, a writer to this newspaper set the cat among the pigeons by stating that Prime Minister Blair of the United Kingdom had no reason to apologise about Britain's role in slavery and the slave trade...
A taste of music
We all, excepting those deaf from birth, have heard sounds of music. But what about the taste of music, how many of us have tasted music? And what does it taste like? The Psalm passage above may give a hint!
Lingering spirits of the ancestors
There are rare occasions when Miss Mattie, Mass George and Hottie Hottie are the only persons occupying the veranda of the one-stop shop in the district. Such occasions are more frequent in the morning hours during the month of December.
Slavery and reparations
The dawning of the year 2007 will witness the bi-centennial of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. As a descendant of the survivors of that one-way journey from home to Jamaica, January 1, 2007, becomes a solemn moment for reflection...
Setting Boyne straight
I feel constrained to comment on some of the arguments and certainly the history presented by Ian Boyne in his article of December 3. The article is a defence of himself being employed to the state apparatus and writing a column in the private media.
Book review - Information on public sector reform in the region
If you want to follow the new thrust to reform the public sector in the Caribbean, then this is the book for that information.
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