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Commentary

Wise decision, mayor
So the Mayor of Kingston has spurned the offer of a spanking new Mercedes Benz after the Finance Committee of the KSAC Council had voted for her to have one.

Bad sign for casinos
That was no casino signal after all. So said Finance Minister Omar Davies and his Minister State Errol Ennis in Parliament last week when the House of Representatives passed a Bill to amend the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act.

Self-absorbed and pompous US
When we speak of history, North America has no history. China, Europe, Africa, South and Central America have history, but not North America.

The first jacket
Women have been messing up the heads of men for centuries. And the more our heads get twisted and turned, the more it seems we salivate for more. We just cannot learn. Poor us.

The jackboots of leadership
On the morning the story of the most recent prison atrocity broke, I was driving to work listening to union leader Lambert Brown on the "Breakfast Club" radio programme.

What Patterson-Arthur rift holds for CARICOM
Too much is at stake for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in its external relations, the prospect for a single market and economy and for the future of vital regional institutions.

Division over working week

IN the early 19th century, when lawmakers made it illegal for all businesses except pharmacies, gas stations, public wharves, publishing houses and shops in the airports to operate on a Sunday, it was a religious issue.











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