Opportunities for heritage tourism
FIVE HUNDRED years after the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the 15th century Spanish explorer in the Caribbean, a debate rages over the value and importance of his voyages and the impact they've had on the world since 1492. News of this week's visit...
A solemn prayer before dieting
THE OLD hedonistic and long-held attitude to life, death and weight-loss represented by the flippant, "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet" has joined chrome furniture, wax records and Ford Prefects along life's wayside. There are more...
Shift focus to secondary students
THE GENERALLY poor ranking of high schools in the recent survey by the A-Quest education group based on the results in the CXC examinations results (2003) has seemly spurred the development of several new secondary programmes by the Ministry of...
Poverty and inequality in Jamaica
Even more troubling is the persistence of income inequality, which is the worst of any developing region in the world. In the 1990s, there has been a modest narrowing in the gap between rich and poor. However, poverty has remained far above...
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