Jamaica and the World

Earlier this year Prof Carolyn Cooper infuriated other members of the intelligentsia when she claimed that the race for the PNP presidency was a struggle to determine who ‘owns’ Jamaica.
Is the island the property of the black majority, the so-called poorer classes ? Or is it the property of middle class Jamaicans of all colours […]

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Market forces (Part I)
After a week (or is it two ?) of exercising ourselves over Dutch oil trader, Trafigura Beheer, paying J$31 million for the PNP party conference, big money is still on the agenda as our Minister of Finance Dr. Omar Davies announced that the Government of Jamaica will give a Serbian football […]

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Well, I got this one totally wrong, but, can’t say I’m sorry about this particular result….
Bruce’s revelations about Trafigura’s transactions with the PNP forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and PNP General Secretary, one of the few PNP big noises to have supported Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in the PNP leadership […]

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There was nuff excitement in the precincts of Parliament Tuesday gone (Oct 3, ‘06). While the MP’s of the governing party were inside the House debating a motion to censure Opposition MP Karl Samuda (for being Karl Samuda and running off his mouth), the Leader of the Opposition walked out of the debate and […]

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