EDITORIAL - Better late than never
We have had reason, in the past, to criticise the tendency of former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to set up committees and commissions of enquiry as a method of defusing public anger, only to have his administration shelve the findings and recommendations.
Discovering Jamaica
Have you ever been asked by a tourist if you have ever been rafting on the Rio Grande or visited Good Intent in North East Manchester? Have you had to literally lie because you were overcome with embarrassment, because here it is a foreigner knowing places... - Heather Robinson
Iraq: still on the brink
In March 2006, two weeks after the dome of Iraq's Samarra shrine was destroyed by unknown bombers, your reporter wrote in this space about the tragic plight of ordinary Iraqis: They live in what is ostensibly a democracy, but despite President Bush's repeated assertions... - Dan Rather
NOTE-WORTHY: Financial Ombudsman
The call for a Financial Ombudsman is timely and very necessary at this time. Most of the financial institutions seem to be a law unto themselves and all the regulatory bodies seem to be ill-equipped, inefficient, powerless or in collusion with these institutions.
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