Floyd Green, the newly elected president of Generation 2000 (G2K), said he intends to utilise a collaborative approach in arriving at positions on issues of national importance."One of the first thing I want to look at is to establish a multi-sectoral...

THE PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA), the Reverend Sylvester O'Gilvie, wants the assistance of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) to strengthen its position in Jamaica's...

The media recently carried the story of the Revenue's tax raid on a major corporate player after 4 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. This is reminiscent of the deliberate practice of the police to exercise powers of arrest right before sundown when access to the court...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has introduced the nation, although not by name or face, to a 10-year-old girl who appears to have a greater appreciation of the Government's decision to seek to haul in $19.4 billion in taxes than the average adult...

THREE YEARS after unleashing a verbal onslaught on Matron Sharon Burke, who was then in charge of the Port Antonio Infirmary, Senator Robert Montague says he regrets his actions."...

A BILL which is aimed at safeguarding clients from misdeeds of attorneys-at-law was tabled in the Senate on Friday. "The bill seeks to enhance the General Legal Council's (GLC) regulatory powers over the profession, to enhance the quality of service...

GOVERNMENT SENATOR K.D.Knight is suggesting the compulsory acquisition of idle properties as part of a development plan for urban areas. Speaking in the Senate on Friday, Knight, who is chairman of the Urban Development Corporation...

Jamaica's chief pathologist, Dr Dinesh Rao, who leaves the island at the end of this month after the completion of his three-year contract, is hoping that there will be a continuance of the system...

Jamaica's growth prospects are modest; only one to two per cent per annum is being projected over the next few years. We all want to see stronger growth, but how is this to be realised?