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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | December 8, 2005
The private sector should have its say
UNDETERRED BY past experiences in recent weeks, a number of private sector leaders have once again called for greater involvement in the national budget process. In the latest instance, Noel DaCosta, president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, argued...
The end of empire
RECENTLY, A friend of mine who teaches history at Oxford University gave me a sneak preview of a book he has written. Historians have long maintained that the Roman Empire fell because of its internal decay. - John Rapley
Begging off the beggars
SO THERE I was, at the intersection of Grant's Pen and Shortwood roads, heading towards the gully, wondering how come I had been at a red light for close to 10 seconds and nobody had begged me 'suppen'. - Melville Cooke
What are organisations like?
KRIS ASTAPHAN has resigned as deputy chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB). The bank will roll on without him. The Barclay's Bank roots of the NCB go back to 1690 in the goldsmith business in London. - Martin Henry
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