Jamaica and the World

Here are some tips for reading the polls and a few links to blogs that will let you follow the US election closely in the final six days to Election Day November 4, 2008.
Follow what’s happening with the Electoral College (remember that U.S. voters vote for the 538 electors of the Electoral College , NOT […]

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Much thanks to Commissioner Lucius Thomas (above) for allowing the policeman in charge of crime, “expensive but so far well worth the money” DCP Mark Shields, to do his job and investigate the murder of Bob Woolmer.
Much thanks to our usually inappropriately interfering politicians for shutting up and taking a back seat to DCP Shields…..Especial […]

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Air Jamaica Death Watch (second great year)
Air Jamaica continues to lose millions of US dollars per year- at least US$ 1 billion over the past 10 years - and the Government of Jamaica continues to pretend that this airline is a great national asset.
The latest shameful revelation is that the PetroCaribe money lent by Venezuela […]

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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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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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