EDITORIAL - Public cleansing after a storm
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dean, work crews in different sections of the island moved with admirable speed to begin the process of clearing fallen tree limbs and acmulated debris. Some areas were cleared with relative speed, with up to six trucks on some roadways ...
We have elected a new government
My fellow Jamaicans (to use a favourite Portia phrase), we have elected a new Government made up of a new executive, a new Opposition, and a new legislature. We have decided to separate by the thinnest of margins the majority party in the legislature... - Martin Henry
Sailing past the storm?
OTTAWA, Canada: "Yes," they reply, each time people do a double take, "It is what you think." Almost completely hidden under a balloon of winter clothing, the first black man to enter a dog-sled race is coaxing a team of huskies across the ice.... - John Rapley
Clear victory for JNLPP
WHEN THE original general election date of August 27 was announced by soon-to-be former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, I declared my position as spokesman (by default) of the Just Not Loving Politics Party. The unofficial real third party of Jamaica... - Melville Cooke
NOTE-WORTHY: Embassy and littering
Every day I pass the new United States (U.S.) embassy and am disgusted by the vast littering that takes place because there are no garbage cans. Hundreds of people meet there daily and there is no where to place one's paper wrappings, plastic bottles, box drinks, etc...
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