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Commentary

Politics stifles industry
A REPORT presented to a committee of Parliament last week by representatives of the building and construction sector is alarming, hinting as it does at a nexus between what it terms "political officials" and the ugly underbelly of criminality. The...

Construction industry in crisis

WHEN THE government speaks of economic growth and opportunities, one wonders which sector generates this growth and/or opportunities. I am aware government spokespersons repeatedly refer to the construction industry as buoyant... - Delroy Chuck

Setting up environmentalists

WE ENVIRONMENTALISTS are being set up! Anti-environmentalists charge that we are against progress, against development, because, they say, we object to every new project put forward, and even to long-standing ones. - Peter Espeut










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