Jamaica and the World

1. The debate over numerology and the place of religion in politics

Pastor Phillip Phinn
Everyone (from the talk shows to the columnists) attacks the Prime Minister for supposedly advocating numerology and/or being guided by Pastor Phinn’s prophecies in her choice of election date. This debate reminds us that this election will be about who […]

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The Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has announced that August 27 will be election day in Jamaica.
So who will win the election ?
There have been no new polls published this week (well, Bill Johnson has produced polls of a sort) , so the PNP is still ahead as far as we know.
How is it possible […]

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It’s like deja-vu, all over again…..  Yogi Berra
For those of us who remember the last General Election in 2002, today’s polls, columns and media commentary seem to be a rehash from those days.

2002 : Prime Minister of Jamaica and the Leader of the Oppostion
Here we have a Don Anderson poll […]

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“Vaya con dios, mis amigos” means “Go with God, my friends”
Long ago, Jamaican hoteliers Butch Stewart (owner of the Sandals/Beaches chain) and the Issa family (owners of Superclubs/Breezes chain ) used to call for Jamaican Government to take tourism more seriously……they probably imagined that a massive increase in the island’s hotel rooms and visitor […]

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Fresh air

Perhaps because he has recently been re-elected, or perhaps because his people clearly enjoyed the cricket, the President of Guyana, Bharat Jagdeo, is NOT joining the chorus of Caribbean leaders blaming the ICC, the WICB, Chris Dehring etc for their own poor stewardship of their own citizens’ tax dollars…
He reckons that World Cup Cricket […]

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