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Commentary

Boost for agriculture
THE LIFTING of the ban on Jamaican yam to the American market is a welcome shot in the arm for agriculture. With trade estimated at US$11 million per year yams are the foremost non-traditional export performer. The fact that the trade was threatened...

Defining our education priority?

THE NEW decade and century started in Jamaica with a national debate on education. Rightly so. But the real issue to have been addressed was to determine the correct priority in bringing the future generation properly into... - Anthony S. Johnson

Almost a revolution

RECENTLY I had an almost surreal experience: The opportunity to sit in on a discussion not based on witch-hunting and preconceived notions. It was hardly coincidental that it was held by a resurrected Farquharson Institute of... - C. Roy Reynolds

Children of which tomorrow?

ONE UNFORGETTABLE image in the little saga at Denham Town Primary School last week was of the female police officer politely replying "No, Sir" to a question posed by the television news reporter who interviewed her about the... - Amina Blackwood Meeks

Reflections on the Carreras sports awards

THE ANNUAL Carreras Sports Foundation Awards ceremony held on Thursday evening the 18th of January was a glitzy affair and the nation witnessed the 40th anniversary celebrations live on television. - A.W. Sangster










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