News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| 12 days ago
Dr Omar Davies controlled the country's purse strings with a swagger that made people love him or hate him; but revelations over the past two months have led to a dramatic rise in the latter group. After a contrived by-election in which he was...
News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| 12 days ago
This might be related to the fact that, as Tony Harriott has said, policing has not fundamentally changed since 1940 while the nature of crime and criminality most certainly have. Mark Shields, in fact, said that the Jamaican police force needs major...
News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| 12 days ago
All have demonstrated an unbiased willingness to say it like it is, and to act as they see fit, regardless of whose feathers they ruffle. So there's a wary optimism in many hearts that maybe, just maybe, the system is starting to work for the tax-...
News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| 12 days ago
THE TWO previous essays in this series detail the factual record of dismal economic performance of the Jamaican economy since 1990 and explain fundamental flaws in the government's economic strategy that help to account for poor performance.
News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| 12 days ago
Sunday November 8, 2009 Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) President Wayne Chen has argued that Jamaica is not yet at the stage where public-sector executives can be paid comparable with their counterparts in the private sector. "If we are going to...
News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| 12 days ago
Harris, has added his voice to those calling for the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to be duly constituted as an independent central bank. The recent dismissal of long-standing central bank governor Derick Latibeaudiere has rekindled the debate on the...