Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
Published: Monday Sunday | February 14, 2010
When money run things
That disgraced cop arrested for allegedly trading arms with criminals has not just incalculably deepened pubic mistrust and apprehension of the police. Read More...
Debt swap and debt trap
In 1974, Cheryl Payer wrote what must still be considered the classic on International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionalities, titled The Debt Trap: The International Monetary Fund and the Third World. Read More...
Sugar and borders
Today, I will have to write about two rather different things, although they are related in a perverse sort of way, the failure of our politics to use self-government and Independence to build a prosperous and peaceful society, which was perfectly... Read More...
Now for the hard part
Finance Minister Audley Shaw has, with the Jamaica Debt Exchange Programme (JDX) pulled off a tremendous feat which, until it actually happened, had seemed unimaginable. Read More...
To refund or not to refund? The sense in Government's intent to pay back external exam fees to successful students
It has been reported in the media that Jamaica's letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund indicates a policy shift with regard to the payment of external examination fees for secondary students. Read More...